Found my problem... mostly due to my misunderstanding of mocks. Joe's suggestion above led me down the right path. This worked:
@account = mock_model(Account) @account.stub!(:next_serial_number).and_return(43, nil) Widget.any_instance.stub(:account).and_return(@account) On Jun 12, 5:33 am, David Chelimsky <dchelim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 9, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Karl wrote: > > > Obviously, I'm missing something very simple, can someone please > > explain how to stub an instance of an AR model method. > > > This does not work: > > @widget = Widget.first # Widget has an instance method called > > 'next_seriel_number' > > @widget.stub(:next_serial_number).and_return(43, nil) > > "This does not work:" doesn't tell us what the problem is. Please be > specific. Are you getting a failure? If so, please show us the complete code > for the example, including any before hooks, and the failure message you're > getting. > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > rspec-us...@rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users _______________________________________________ rspec-users mailing list rspec-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
