Rspec not loading fixtures

luislavena · March 22, 2012, 3:54pm

I am taking over a code base and am trying to run the tests. I am
somewhat new to RSpec so this might be a trivial problem.

Basically I can tell that the fixtures are not getting loaded. All 100
tests fail with a similar error.

But I don’t know why. Below is the code, with my narrative with ***
before it… Can you see anything or give me a clue where to look. So
far I am coming up empty…

Thanks!

Pito S.

**** In spec_helper.rb, which I know is running, I see:

Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
config.global_fixtures = :all
end

**** One of the tests in spec/controllers/downloads_controller_spec.rb
is below. I know it is running and I know that before the ‘describe’,
Partner.count == 0, so no fixture.

require File.expand_path(File.dirname(FILE) + ‘/…/spec_helper’)

describe DownloadsController do
integrate_views

describe “when PDF is ready” do
before(:each) do
@registrant = Factory.create(:step_5_registrant)
stub(@registrant).merge_pdf { touch #{@registrant.pdf_file_path}
}
@registrant.generate_pdf
@registrant.save!
end

it "provides a link to download the PDF" do
  get :show, :registrant_id => @registrant.to_param
  assert_not_nil assigns[:registrant]
  assert_response :success
  assert_template "show"
  assert_select "span.button a[target=_blank]"
  assert_select "span.button a[onclick]"
end

after(:each) do
  `rm #{@registrant.pdf_file_path}`
end

end

**** And here is what in various directories:

spec/fixtures/partners.yml - which contains 2 yaml records:

sponsor:
id: 1
username: rtv
email: [email protected]
crypted_password:
“c8e5b51b237344fe0e72539af0cac7197f094a5e933ffacf6e7fa612363c5933f520710c6427ac31fc4c68a2d7bb48eae601c74b96e7838f9ca1a0740b67576a”
password_salt: “Y4PPzYx2ert3vC0OhEMo”
name: Rocky
organization: Rock The Vote
url: http://rockthevote.com
address: 123 Wherever
city: Washington
state_id: 9
zip_code: 20001
phone: 555-555-1234
survey_question_1_en: “What school did you go to?”
survey_question_2_en: “What is your favorite musical group?”
created_at: <%= Time.now %>
updated_at: <%= Time.now %>

Rspec not loading fixtures

TODO: remove partner 2 in production