Rail test case fixtures not loading
- by Deano
Rails appears to not be loading any fixtures for unit or functional tests. I have a simple 'products.yml' that parses and appears correct:
ruby:
title: Programming Ruby 1.9
description:
Ruby is the fastest growing and most exciting dynamic
language out there. If you need to get working programs
delivered fast, you should add Ruby to your toolbox.
price: 49.50
image_url: ruby.png
My controller functional test begins with:
require 'test_helper'
class ProductsControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
fixtures :products
setup do
@product = products(:one)
@update = {
:title => 'Lorem Ipsum' ,
:description => 'Wibbles are fun!' ,
:image_url => 'lorem.jpg' ,
:price => 19.95
}
end
According to the book, Rails should "magically" load the fixtures (as my test_helper.rb has fixtures :all in it. I also added the explicit fixtures load (seen above). Yes Rails complains:
user @ host ~/Dropbox/Rails/depot > rake test:functionals
(in /Somewhere/Users/user/Dropbox/Rails/depot)
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby -Ilib:test "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/functional/products_controller_test.rb"
Loaded suite /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.3/lib/rake/rake_test_loader
Started
EEEEEEE
Finished in 0.062506 seconds.
1) Error:
test_should_create_product(ProductsControllerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method `products' for ProductsControllerTest:Class
/test/functional/products_controller_test.rb:7
2) Error:
test_should_destroy_product(ProductsControllerTest):
NoMethodError: undefined method `products' for ProductsControllerTest:Class
/test/functional/products_controller_test.rb:7
...
I did come across the other Rails test fixture question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1547634/rails-unit-testing-doesnt-load-fixtures, but that leads to a plugin issue (something to do with the order of loading fixtures).
BTW, I am developing on Mac OS X 10.6 with Rail 2.3.5 and Ruby 1.8.7, no additional plugins (beyond the base install).
Any pointers on how to debug, why the magic of Rails appears to be failing here? Is it a version problem? Can I trace code into the libraries and find the answer? There are so many "mixin" modules I can't find where the fixtures method really lives.
