Ruby on Rails

Hello! 

I might be wrong, but i think this is causing you problems: 

Given(/^there is at least (\d+) staff info record$/) do |arg1|

 assert_difference('StaffInfo.count', 1) do

   @staff_info = FactoryGirl.create :staff_info

 end

end

When(/^the shirt size field is empty$/) do

 assert @staff_info.update_attribute(:shirt_size, nil)

end

Most probably is because you are combining cucumber with Rails test, meaning you managed to perform a test in a test ... Those assertions might be your problem... 

I haven't met this behavior, but most probably your databse_cleaner is cleaning your test after those assertions, which is inside your scenario. 

I'd go for something like this:

# Populating my Db and Make sure i have at least one 

Given /^there is at least (\d+) staff info record$/ do |arg1|

  @staff_info = FactoryGirl.create :staff_info

  (arg1.to_i - 1).times do 

    FactoryGirl.create :staff_info

  end

end 

# Make sure my model is empty 

When /^the shirt size field is empty$/ do

 @staff_info.update_attribute(:shirt_size, nil)

end

....

In my support env.rb i would add 

World FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods

Then use create(:staff_info) instead of full FactoryGirl.create syntax ... 

Tks. 

A.

On 12 Feb 2014, at 15:43, jsnark <swr@monmouth.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 3:43:40 PM UTC-5, Vell wrote:

Hello all,

I am trying to understand when I try to run a test in cucumber what I am missing that it is failing. I am using FactoryGirl to create my records and using cucumber to test my logic however I know that I am doing something wrong in my testing I just can't seem to figure out what. Here is what I have:

Feature:

Feature: All features related to staff info
  Scenario: notification for empty shirt size
    Given there is at least 1 staff info record
    When the shirt size field is empty
    And the shirt size check is run
    Then the system should send an email notification

Steps:

Given(/^there is at least (\d+) staff info record$/) do |arg1|
  assert_difference('StaffInfo.count', 1) do
    @staff_info = FactoryGirl.create :staff_info
  end
end

When(/^the shirt size field is empty$/) do
  assert @staff_info.update_attribute(:shirt_size, nil)
end

When(/^the shirt size check is run$/) do
  StaffInfo.check_empty_shirt_fields
end

Then(/^the system should send an email notification$/) do
  pending # express the regexp above with the code you wish you had
end

Model:

class StaffInfo < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :person
  scope :empty_shirt_fields, -> { where('shirt_size in (?)', [nil, '']) }
 
  def self.check_empty_shirt_fields
    staff_with_missing_shirt_sizes = StaffInfo.empty_shirt_fields
    debugger
    send_empty_shirt_size_notification staff_with_missing_shirt_sizes if staff_with_missing_shirt_sizes.size >  0
  end
 
  def send_empty_shirt_size_notification(staff_records)
    Mailer.missing_shirt_size(staff_records).deliver
  end
end

What is happening is, when I hit the 3rd test I did a check to see if the record was present (StaffInfo.count) and it was. But after running   StaffInfo.check_empty_shirt_fields, I did a check for the record and it was gone. I am not understanding how my record could have disappeared when I all my method was doing was checking for any records with a missing field.

Anyone have any ideas?

The default behavior of cucumber is to run each scenario in a transaction and then do a rollback when the scenario completes.  The behavior is specified by the DatabaseCleaner.strategy in the env.rb file/

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