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Asked: 2026-05-24T07:15:05+00:00

I use db/seeds.rb to populate my database with 2 user roles (Admin, User) that

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I use db/seeds.rb to populate my database with 2 user roles (“Admin”, “User”) that will never change. When i run tests though, the seed data does not get carried over and the results are error tests.

When i try to run cucumber i get the following error:

Using the default profile… Feature: Sign in In order to get access
to protected sections of the site A valid user Should be able to
sign in

Scenario: User is not signed up #
features/users/sign_in.feature:6 Not registered: role
(ArgumentError)
/Users/x/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/factory_girl-2.0.0.rc4/lib/factory_girl/registry.rb:15:in
find'
/Users/x/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/factory_girl-2.0.0.rc4/lib/factory_girl.rb:39:in
factory_by_name’
/Users/x/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/factory_girl-2.0.0.rc4/lib/factory_girl/syntax/vintage.rb:53:in
default_strategy'
/Users/x/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p180/gems/factory_girl-2.0.0.rc4/lib/factory_girl/syntax/vintage.rb:146:in
Factory’
/Users/x/rails/ply_rails/features/support/db_setup.rb:6:in
`Before’
Given I am not logged in #
features/step_definitions/user_steps.rb:36

Here is what my setup looks like:

# features/support/db_setup.rb
Before do
  # Truncates the DB before each Scenario,
  # make sure you've added database_cleaner to your Gemfile.
  DatabaseCleaner.clean

  Factory(:role, :name => 'Admin')
  Factory(:role, :name => 'User')
end



# features/users/sign_in.feature
Feature: Sign in
  In order to get access to protected sections of the site
  A valid user
  Should be able to sign in

    Scenario: User is not signed up  # THIS IS LINE 6
      Given I am not logged in
      And no user exists with an email of "user@user.com"
      When I go to the sign in page
      And I sign in as "user@user.com/password"
      Then I should see "Invalid email or password."
      And I go to the home page
      And I should be signed out



# features/step_definitions/user_steps.rb
Given /^I am a "([^"]*)" named "([^"]*)" with an email "([^"]*)" and password "([^"]*)"$/ do |role, name, email, password|
  User.new(:name => name,
            :email => email,
            :role => Role.find_by_name(role.to_s.camelize),
            :password => password,
            :password_confirmation => password).save!
end

Not sure where to start on getting this working, thank you for your help/time!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Well the point of tests is to start with a clean database, i.e a consistent state, so it’s kind of good that everything gets wiped.

    Secondly, in terms of cucumber, you should be defining a Background block to do the set up. This will run for each scenario, and has the benefit of every action being explicitly known. This is especially useful if you use the cucumber scenario plain text to show to clients. So you should do something like:

    Background:
    Given that the role "Admin" exists
    And that the role "User" exists

Scenario:
    etc

    And make custom steps for the that the role [blank] exists that will create the role for you.

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