From: "Florian Aßmann" <florian.assmann@...>
Date: 2007-06-08T02:10:22+09:00
Subject: Re: App works but test/unit fail w/ hash (undefined method 'each_key' for :String)

Hi Toddnix,

forgot the `serialize :domains, Hash' ?

Florian

Am 07.06.2007 um 18:30 schrieb Toddnix:

> My app takes an account_type from a reference table when creating user
> accounts and, when the obj is saved the model the numeric key for the
> account_type is used for a lookup to get a user role which is then put
> into  a hash (used for app authorization). Before actually saving into
> the DB the model converts the hash into a string. The following code
> shows the conversion method:
>
> .
> .
> before_save :hash_domains
> .
> .
> def hash_domains
>   #first get the domain name from the ref_tables via the key
>   @ref = RefTable.find[:first,
>       :conditions => ["key_name = ?", self.account_type])
>
>   if self.domains.length > 0 #the domains hash exists
>     self.domains.each_key {|dom|     #<- HERE IS WHERE IT BOMBS OUT!!
>         if not dom == "ADMIN"
>             self.domains.delete(dom)
>             self.domains[@ref.key_desc] = '1'
>         end
>     }
>   else
>     self.domains = {@ref.key_desc => '1'}
>   end
>   write_attribute "domains", User.domain2str(self.domains)
> end
>
> Obviously when test/unit runs the domains obj is a string and doesn't
> have the each_key method. What is killing me is the app WORKS with
> identical data when a record is inserted/created. Also, oddly the
> error from test/unit includes a correctly formatted 'domains' obj
> string, which shouldn't exist until the last line. This makes me think
> that even though the <model>.save method is only called once in the
> test, it's actually be called twice in test/unit.
>
> Any thoughts are much appreciated.
>
>