"NoMethodError" while running Rake

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Hi All,

I was able to match the development database and migration will when running rake db:migrate

I am trying to understand the error logs generated when running rake.

$ rake (in /home/user/projects/emporium) /usr/bin/ruby1.8 -I"lib:test" "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/ lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/unit/author_test.rb" "test/unit/ helpers/about_helper_test.rb" ./test/unit/author_test.rb:4: undefined method `fixtures' for AuthorTest:Class (NoMethodError)   from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader.rb:5:in `load'   from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader.rb:5   from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader.rb:5:in `each'   from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader.rb:5 /usr/bin/ruby1.8 -I"lib:test" "/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/ lib/rake/rake_test_loader.rb" "test/functional/ about_controller_test.rb" Loaded suite /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake/ rake_test_loader Started

Now I am not sure anymore if I was not able to define the fixtures or where should it be corrected.

D

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Hi All,

Now I am not sure anymore if I was not able to define the fixtures or where should it be corrected.

What does author_test.rb look like ? (Additionally these days you might as well just stick fixtures :all in test_helper.rb rather than specifying them in individual test files)

Fred

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author_test.rb

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
class AuthorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
  fixtures :authors
  def test_name
    author = Author.create(:first_name => 'Joel',:last_name => 'Spolsky')

    assert_equal 'Joel Spolsky', [author.name](http://author.name)
  end
end
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*author_test.rb*

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper' class AuthorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase fixtures :authors

Pre Rails 2.3 rails used to add a bunch of methods to Test::Unit::TestCase (such as stuff to do with fixtures). Post Rails 2.3 it no longer does that. If you want your test cases to have access to rails specific stuff, your test cases should inherit from ActiveSupport::TestCase

Fred

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Thanks Freddie - it worked.

There is another error which I am currently searching for answer but maybe you already have?

Processing ApplicationController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-12-22 03:15:41) [GET]

ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches “/admin/author/new” with {:method=>:get}): /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in service' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in run’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in start_thread' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in start’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in start_thread' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in start’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in each' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in start’ /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in start' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in start’

Rendering rescues/layout (not_found)

D

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Dwhitekiss Dwhitekiss wrote:

*author_test.rb*

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper' class AuthorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase   fixtures :authors

Rails fixtures are horrible things. Avoid them. Use Machinist or similar. Also consider RSpec instead of Test::Unit.

  def test_name     author = Author.create(:first_name => 'Joel',:last_name => 'Spolsky')     assert_equal 'Joel Spolsky', author.name   end end

Best,

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Thanks Freddie - it worked.

There is another error which I am currently searching for answer but maybe you already have?

That's just rails' equivalent of a 404.

Fred