Testing create action with associations

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Hi,

In my objects controller, I call the following in order to create an object:

def create     @object = @account.objects.build params[:object]

    respond_to do |format|       if @object.save ... end

The account variable is populated by a before filter in application.rb.

When I try to test this though, I keep receiving a nil object error. It seems to be that the test does not recognise the before filter and therefore cannot create the object.

How do I make my test recognise the account variable?

Thanks in advance.

Robin

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Robin Fisher wrote:

Hi,

In my objects controller, I call the following in order to create an object:

def create     @object = @account.objects.build params[:object]

    respond_to do |format|       if @object.save ... end

The account variable is populated by a before filter in application.rb.

When I try to test this though, I keep receiving a nil object error. It seems to be that the test does not recognise the before filter and therefore cannot create the object.

How do I make my test recognise the account variable?

Thanks in advance.

Robin

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If it's a functional test, the filter will be run (assuming it's being called), so there's probably some other problem. You can try putting a logger.debug "this has been run and @account = #{@account.inspect}" in the filter, and then checking the logs, or a: p assigns(:account). Hope this helps Chris