The attached RSpec matcher exist_in_database checks if a given record still exists in the database and has not been destroyed:
describe Ticket do
describe '.purge_expired' do
fresh_ticket = Ticket.create(:expiry => Date.tomorrow)
expired_ticket = Ticket.create(:expiry => Date.yesterday)
Ticket.purge_expired
fresh_ticket.should exist_in_database
expired_ticket.should_not exist_in_database
end
end
Note that there is also
ActiveRecord::Base#destroyed?
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, but that only checks the receiving instance and does not talk to the database. It would not help with the example above.
Spec::Matchers.define :exist_in_database do
match do |actual|
actual.class.exists?(actual.id)
end
end
Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2011-03-18 19:48)