[rspec-users] RSpec Controller Testing - render_templte Issue

[Curtis]

On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:11 AM, Rails Learner <lists at ruby-forum.com>  
wrote:

> Curtis j Schofield wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Rails Learner <lists at ruby-forum.com>
>> wrote:
>>>      # me error:
>>>      response.should have_selector( 'input',
>>>                                     :type => 'submit',
>>>                                     :value => 'Print Form' )
>>>      response.should be_success
>>>    end
>>>
>>> Many Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Please include your controller code for create! :d
>>
>>
>> --
>> Make Haste Slowly
>
> Hi Curtis,
>
> I figure out the issue.
> My controller has render_to_string that renders a pdf and then it
> renders the "_show" partial. Now there is another problem. How I can
> test both renders?
>

The format param is used for this case - it is used to set content- 
type properly - it is getting set by a route into a param var. Iirc
format.pdf is possible aswell - I suspect that the mime type I'd  
already registered - it may not be.


> Here is the controller code:
>  def create
>    @page_title = 'ASQ Enrollment Form'
>    @child = Child.new(params[:child])
>
>    #Convert string to date.
>    @child.EnrollmentDate = Date.strptime(@child.EnrollmentDate,
> '%Y-%m-%d')
>
>    #Concatenate the date components and assign the complete date to
> ChildDob field
>    @child.ChildDob = Date.strptime((params[:child]['ChildDob(2i)'] +
> '-' + params[:child]['ChildDob(3i)'] + '-' +
> params[:child]['ChildDob(1i)']), '%m-%d-%Y') unless
> ((params[:child]['ChildDob(1i)']).blank? ||
> (params[:child]['ChildDob(2i)']).blank? ||
> (params[:child]['ChildDob(3i)']).blank?)
>
>    respond_to do |format|
>      if @child.valid?
>        FormMailer.deliver_enrollment_form(Date.today.strftime("%m-%d- 
> %Y").to_s
> + ' - ASQ Enrollment Form - ' + @child.ChildFirstName + ' ' +
> @child.ChildLastName, @child, generate_pdf(@child, false))
>        flash.now[:notice] = 'ASQ Enrollment form was successfully
> submitted'
>        #format.html { redirect_to(@child, :notice => 'Child was
> successfully created.') }
>        format.html { render :partial => 'show', :locals => { :child =>
> @child }, :layout => 'children' }
>        format.xml  { render :xml => @child, :status => :created,
> :location => @child }
>      else
>        format.html { render :action => 'new' }
>        format.xml  { render :xml => @child.errors, :status =>
> :unprocessable_entity }
>      end
>    end
>  end
>
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