FactoryGirl belongs_to with Seeded association - ruby-on-rails-3

Question

I have a UserType object that ideally is seeded in the DB and remains static:
{id: 1, name: 'Individual'}, {id: 2, name: 'Group'}, {id: 3, name: 'Admin'}
class UserType < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :name
has_many :users
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :email, :first_name
belongs_to :user_type
end
In testing, I simply want to create an admin user that has its user_type_id field set to 3 when created, and for the UserType.all to have those three items. I've tried a number of things, but here's where I'm at:
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user_type do
id 1
name "Individual"
trait :group do
after(:create) do |user_type|
id 2
name "Group Leader"
end
end
trait :admin do
after(:create) do |user_type|
id 3
name "Administrative"
end
end
end
end
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
first_name 'TestUser'
email { Faker::Internet.email }
user_type
trait :admin do
after(:create) do |user|
admin_user_type = UserType.where(id: 3).first
admin_user_type = create(:user_type, :admin) unless admin_user_type
user_type admin_user_type
end
end
end
And my test in spec/features/sessions/admin_sign_in_spec.rb:
feature "Admin signing in" do
background do
#institution = create(:institution_with_institutiondomains)
#admin = create(:user, :admin, email: "admin##{#institution.subdomain}.com")
end
scenario "with correct credentials", focus: true do
binding.pry
#admin.inspect
page.visit get_host_using_subdomain(#institution.subdomain)
within("#login-box") { fill_in t('email'), with: #admin.email }
click_button t('session.admin.sign_in') #the action in signing in here checks that user.user_type_id == 3
expect(page).to have_content "You're signed in!"
end
end
In many cases, especially in tests where I have multiple users getting created, I'll receive a MySQL duplicate error on the first id: 1 Individual. I appreciate any guidance.

Answer 1

For what it's worth, anyone finding this may not like my answer, but it is the only thing that works for me. UserTypes are static in my test database, so I removed the traits in the :user_type factory. Instead, I simply set the user_type_id directly and call save on it. Without the save, the change does not persist to my #admin variable. The test data is cleaned between tests using DatabaseCleaner, leaving my user_types table alone.
FactoryGirl.define do
factory :user do
first_name 'TestUser'
email { Faker::Internet.email }
user_type
trait :admin do
after(:create) do |user|
# admin_user_type = UserType.where(id: 3).first
# admin_user_type = create(:user_type, :admin) unless admin_user_type
# user_type admin_user_type
user.user_type_id = 3
user.save #without this, the change won't persist
end
end
end
end