Question

Just getting started with factory girl, and I’ve come across a problem with sequencing: Specifically, it doesn’t increment. I’ve tried changing the database type, updating from factory_girl 1.3.2 to 2.0.0.beta1 (And factory_girl_rails from 1.0 to 1.1.0.beta1), tried recreating the database, but same problem – the sequence won’t increment and I get a validation error after the first time I insert a unique field.

Any assistance much appreciated. Code & trace stack below:

/spec/models/user.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe User do   describe "test user factory is correct" do
    user = Factory(:user)

    it "should have an email ending in example.com" do
      #user.email.should match "[e-mail]"
    end

    it "should have a password of foobar" do
      user.password.should == 'foobar'
    end

    it "should have a password confirmation field of foobar" do
      user.password_confirmation.should == 'foobar'
    end
    end

end

/spec/factories/user.rb

Factory.define :user do |f|
    f.sequence(:email) { |n| puts "Email ##{n}"; "factory_#{n}@example.com" }
    f.password 'foobar'
    f.password_confirmation { |p| p.password }
end

Trace:

/Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/validations.rb:49:in `save!': Validation failed: Email has already been taken (ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:30:in `save!'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:242:in `block in save!'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:289:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:139:in `transaction'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:204:in `transaction'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:287:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activerecord-3.0.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:242:in `save!'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/factory_girl-1.3.2/lib/factory_girl/proxy/create.rb:6:in `result'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/factory_girl-1.3.2/lib/factory_girl/factory.rb:327:in `run'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/factory_girl-1.3.2/lib/factory_girl/factory.rb:270:in `create'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/factory_girl-1.3.2/lib/factory_girl/factory.rb:301:in `default_strategy'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/factory_girl-1.3.2/lib/factory_girl.rb:20:in `Factory'
    from /Users/john/Websites/Rails/InDevelopment/fastermanager/spec/models/user_spec.rb:5:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:131:in `module_eval'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:131:in `subclass'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:118:in `describe'
    from /Users/john/Websites/Rails/InDevelopment/fastermanager/spec/models/user_spec.rb:4:in `block in <top (required)>'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:131:in `module_eval'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:131:in `subclass'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/example_group.rb:118:in `describe'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/extensions/object.rb:6:in `describe'
    from /Users/john/Websites/Rails/InDevelopment/fastermanager/spec/models/user_spec.rb:3:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `block in load'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `block in load_dependency'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:596:in `new_constants_in'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:225:in `load_dependency'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:235:in `load'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:388:in `block in load_spec_files'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:388:in `map'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/configuration.rb:388:in `load_spec_files'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/command_line.rb:18:in `run'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:55:in `run_in_process'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:44:in `run'
    from /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0/gems/rspec-core-2.3.1/lib/rspec/core/runner.rb:10:in `block in autorun'

Answer 1

Your issue isn’t with factory girl. When instantiating “user” you need to do it from inside a before block so that a new user gets created for each test being run. The user variable should also be an instance variable (i.e. prefixed with @)

require 'spec_helper'

describe User do   

  describe "test user factory is correct" do

    before(:each) do
      @user = Factory(:user)
    end

    it "should have an email ending in example.com" do
      @user.email.should match "[e-mail]"
    end

    it "should have a password of foobar" do
      @user.password.should == 'foobar'
    end

    it "should have a password confirmation field of foobar" do
      @user.password_confirmation.should == 'foobar'
    end

  end

end