On Mar 1, 3:31 pm, Heinz Strunk <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-s.net>
wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm having some problems testing the creation of objects with nested
> objects. First of all, the test itself:
> def test_should_create_user
> assert_difference('User.count') do
> post :create, :user => {
> :character => characters(:user_controller_test),
> :username => 'test123',
> :password => 'test123', :password_confirmation => 'test123',
> :email => 'test...@brothelking.de' }
> end
> assert_redirected_to
> end
>
> My problem is, that :character has an object as value and converting it
> to an arraay with .to_a doesn't really help cause the create method in
> the Users controller looks like:
> @nationality = Nationality.find(params[:character][:nationality])
> params[:character][:nationality] = @nationality
> params[:character][:birthday] =
> Date.strptime(params[:character][:birthday], '%d.%m.%Y').to_s(:db)
> @user = User.new(params[:user])
> @character = Character.new(params[:character])
> @user.character = @character
>
> When I convert the characters(:user_controller_test) to an array it has
> :nationality_id as a value but not :nationality as I'd have it when I
> was using a normal form.
>
> Does anyone know how I could solve that problem?
It's up to you to create the sort of hash that would have been
submitted normally. If the way your controller and test data work
means that you have to spell that our at :character => {:nationality
=> characters(:user_controller_test).something.something ...} then
you've just got to get on with it
Fred
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