Controller Testing with Rspec in rails

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I am new on Rails and Rspec. My Rspec file is not taking a Controller's property(as-instance variable)

assigns[:portal_news].should be_new_record

It always gives the error:

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.new_record?

Can anyone find the solution to this problem?

David Chelimsky · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-22 12:50:17Z

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You're treating assigns as a hash, but it is a method that takes an argument: assigns(:portal_news).

More info: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/testing.html

answered May 22, 2011 at 12:50

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zetetic · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-10 18:58:40Z

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Your controller method should be creating a new instance of your model and assigning it to @portal_news`, maybe something like this:

@portal_news = MyModel.new

We'll need to see the contents of the relevant controller method, and of the failing spec, to be able to help you figure this out.

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 18:58

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Arun Over a year ago

In controller code : @portal_news=PortalNews.new is mentioned .but portal_news variable could not access in portal_news_controller_spec file. Please find the solution

zetetic Over a year ago

There are several possibilities. Do you have any before_filters that could be preventing the assignment statement from being reached? Do you get the same error when trying to access the page in your browser?

Arun Over a year ago

thanks for reply. In controller i already commented all filters.but After that it still not working.I installed rspec(2.1.0) and rspec-rails(2.1.0) on rails 2.3.5

Arun Over a year ago

Please anyone find the solution

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