strange assertion result in functional test

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I am testing the 'settings' action, in my Blog controller

  def settings     @blog = Blog.find(params[:id])     @setting_form = "settings"   end

I wrote the following assertions :

    get :settings, :id => @blog[:id]     assert_not_nil assigns(:blog)     assert_equal "settings", assigns(:setting_form)

but I get a failure on the assigns(:setting_form) assertion, with diff nil ... strange ?? what's up ? any clue ? <> expected but was <> diff:   nil

thanks for our feedback

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[SOLVED] assigns(:blog) is OK because @blog is created in the test setup, and the get :settings was DENIED ... so the action was never completed added the necessary checking in my test :

    sign_in @admin_west     ability = BackofficeAbility.new(@admin_west)     assert ability.can? :settings, Blog     get :settings, :id => @blog[:id]

and now it passes through