From: "shatorkin@..." Date: 2007-05-15T19:25:04+09:00 Subject: Rspec + Oracle Hi all. Does anybody use Rspec with Oracle? I have RoR app + Oracle DB. I use Rspec 0.9.4. I have installed Rspec plugin and generated spec for model Country. If I use "@countries = Country.new" in my spec I get "ArgumentError in 'Country should be valid' block not supplied /vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails/extensions/kernel.rb: 12:in `describe'" "@countries = Country.find(:first)" works but "@countries = Country.new" doesn't work. I have found some modifications for Rspec 0.9.2 in files "/vendor/plugins/rspec_on_rails/lib/spec/rails/extensions/kernel.rb" and "usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-0.9.4/lib/spec/runner/extensions/ kernel.rb" but those modifications have not helped me. This is my spec: " require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper' describe Country do before(:each) do @countries = Country.new # @countries = Country.find(:first) end it "should be valid" do @countries.should be_valid end end " Does anybody know how I can use method "new" of model in my Rspec's files with Oracle? Thanks.