I met a very strange issue when writing test using RSpec. Assume that I have 2 models: Company and Item with association company has_many items. I also set up database_cleaner with strategy transaction. My RSpec version is 2.13.0, database_cleaner version is 1.0.1, rails version is 3.2.15, factory_girl version is 4.2.0. Here is my test:
let(:company) { RSpec.configuration.company }
context "has accounts" do
it "returns true" do
company.items << FactoryGirl.create(:item)
company.items.count.should > 0
end
end
context "does not have accounts" do
it "returns false" do
company.items.count.should == 0
end
end
end
I set up an initial company to rspec configuration for using in every test because I don't want to recreate it in every tests because creating a company takes a lot of time(due to its callbacks and validations). The second test fails because item is not cleaned from the database after the first test. I don't understand why. If I change line company.items << FactoryGirl.create(:item)
to FactoryGirl.create(:item, company: company)
, the it passes. So can any body explain for me why transaction isn't rollbacked in the first situation. I'm really messed up
Thanks. I really appreciate.