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Ruby

Posted by Yuichi Hagio
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points

[Help] Ruby on Rails - Testing the Profile Name

I cannot pass the test. Could you help me pass the test?

I still get this error:

1) Failure: test_An_user_should_have_a_correctly_formatted_profile_name(UserTest) [test/unit/user_test.rb:42]: Failed assertion, no message given.

6 tests, 12 assertions, 1 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips

I modified the code as Jason did:

---------- user.rb ----------

  validates :profile_name, 
                presence: true, 
                uniqueness: true, 
                format: { 
                   with: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, 
                   message: 'must be formatted correctly.' 
                }

---------- user_test.rb ----------

test "An user should have a correctly formatted profile name" do

    user = User.new(first_name: 'John', last_name: 'Smith', email: 'johnsmith@example.com')
    user.password = user.password_confirmation = 'johnsmith'
    user.profile_name = 'johnsmith_1'
    assert user.valid?

end

17 Answers

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

If anyone is still having problems please drop us a line to help@teamtreehouse.com with your code attached. Thanks!

Yuichi Hagio
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points
Yuichi Hagio
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points

The problem in this example is that user object isn't validating because the email address has already been taken. So change the email address in the test, it worked for me!

Ryan Carson
Ryan Carson
23,287 Points
Ryan Carson
Ryan Carson
23,287 Points

Hi Yuichi

Thanks for posting here. We'll get you an answer as soon as possible.

Thanks for being a Treehouse Student!

Ryan

Founder/CEO, Treehouse

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hi Yuichi,

Can you zip up your treebook project directory and email it to help@teamtreehouse.com and I'll take a look? Thanks!

jmt
jmt
13,877 Points
jmt
jmt
13,877 Points

I had this same issue and changing just the email address did not work. I had to use a different user.profile_name as well.

Ryan Ebbers
Ryan Ebbers
3,746 Points
Ryan Ebbers
Ryan Ebbers
3,746 Points

I went with Yuichi's suggestion by changing the ( profile_name: , email: ) to something unique, and it worked for me.

Yuichi Hagio
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points
Yuichi Hagio
Yuichi Hagio
11,367 Points

Thank you Ryan,

Please note that it was working fine until this chapter, and I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.2, and Rails 3.2.8.

I also noticed that the code on Testing the Profile Name page is different from the one in the lecture video. Neither of them did not work.

The code on the Testing the Profile Name page (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming-2/build-a-simple-version-of-facebook/building-the-profile-page/testing-the-profile-name):

validates :profile_name, presence: true, 
                       uniqueness: true,
                       format:  {
                         with: /[a-ZA-Z0-9_-]+/,
                       }

The code in the lecture video:

validates :profile_name, presence: true, 
                       uniqueness: true,
                       format:  {
                         with: /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/,
                       }
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Got the same problem, let me know if you find a solution.

Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams
5,859 Points
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams
5,859 Points

I'm running into the same problem, have any of you guys found the solution?

thanks

Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points
Allan Evans
Allan Evans
9,501 Points

Thanks for finding that, it's always the little things.

Moritz Iso
Moritz Iso
1,269 Points
Moritz Iso
Moritz Iso
1,269 Points

Thanks for the help too! It works also for me by changing the user information.

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BPO Outfit
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i am having this problem as well.

Chris .
Chris .
1,133 Points
Chris .
Chris .
1,133 Points

Any luck finding a solution to this issue?

Rodrigo Giust
Rodrigo Giust
5,179 Points
Rodrigo Giust
Rodrigo Giust
5,179 Points

I'm also having the same issue, and changing the e-mail didn't work for me.

Ivan Bechev
Ivan Bechev
851 Points
Ivan Bechev
Ivan Bechev
851 Points

Changing the email in the test worked for me too. Thanks !