[rspec-users] controller.should_receive(:render) problem

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Ruprict

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Jul 12, 2010, 5:18:17 AM7/12/10

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Hi.

(which, btw, I could not reply to...only option was "Reply to Author")
where I have a RESTful controller. I want create to redirect/render
the new action if the model fails to save with the supplied form
values. Pretty basic and typical stuff.

In Rails, if I use

redirect_to(new_my_model_path)

then the entered values along with the error_messages on the object
are lost and I can't re-fill the form or list the errors. If I use

render :action => "new"

then I keep all the request data and can use it to fill in form, etc.

In my spec, if I use

controller.should_receive(:render).with({:action=>"new"})

I get an expectation error that render is never called. This is true
if I remove the .with() as well.

If y'all could let me know either 1) Why my redirect_to vs render
argument is flawed and/or 2) What I am doing wrong in the spec, I'd
appreciate it.

Thanks,
Ruprict
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David Chelimsky

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Jul 20, 2010, 7:41:55 AM7/20/10

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On Jul 12, 2010, at 4:18 AM, Ruprict wrote:

> Hi.
>
> My issue is similar to the one in this post:
> http://groups.google.com/group/rspec/browse_thread/thread/973d770e45bdd6cd/8ba067476003f08f?lnk=gst&q=render+controller+should_receive#8ba067476003f08f
>
> (which, btw, I could not reply to...only option was "Reply to Author")
> where I have a RESTful controller. I want create to redirect/render
> the new action if the model fails to save with the supplied form
> values. Pretty basic and typical stuff.
>
> In Rails, if I use
>
> redirect_to(new_my_model_path)
>
> then the entered values along with the error_messages on the object
> are lost and I can't re-fill the form or list the errors. If I use
>
> render :action => "new"
>
> then I keep all the request data and can use it to fill in form, etc.
>
> In my spec, if I use
>
> controller.should_receive(:render).with({:action=>"new"})
>
> I get an expectation error that render is never called. This is true
> if I remove the .with() as well.
>
> If y'all could let me know either 1) Why my redirect_to vs render
> argument is flawed and/or 2) What I am doing wrong in the spec, I'd
> appreciate it.

Please post the code in the failing spec and the new action, along with the backtrace of the error you're getting.