Undefined name method test error in Rails3 - ruby-on-rails-3

Question

Working through Michael Hartl's RailsTutorial and came across the following error - even though I have followed everything to the 'T'.
1) UsersController GET 'index' for signed-in users should have an element for each user
Failure/Error: response.should have_selector("li", :content => user.name)
undefined method `name' for #<Array:0x000001032c07c8>
Did anyone else get a similar error and know how to fix it?
I am in Chapter 10.
Btw, when I try the page it does what it is supposed to do. It's just that the test fails in RSpec.
FYI, here is the related test code from the users_controller_spec.rb
require 'spec_helper'
describe UsersController do
render_views
describe "GET 'index'" do
describe "for non-signed-in users" do
it "should deny access" do
get :index
response.should redirect_to(signin_path)
flash[:notice].should =~ /sign in/i
end
end
describe "for signed-in users" do
before(:each) do
#user = test_sign_in(Factory(:user))
second = Factory(:user, :email => "another#example.com")
third = Factory(:user, :email => "another#example.net")
#users = [#user, second, third]
end
it "should be successful" do
get :index
response.should be_success
end
it "should have the right title" do
get :index
response.should have_selector("title", :content => "All users")
end
it "should have an element for each user" do
get :index
#users.each do |user|
response.should have_selector("li", :content => user.name)
end
end
end
end
My spec/spec_helper.rb file looks like the following:
require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'
Spork.prefork do
# Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However,
# if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll
# need to restart spork for it take effect.
ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
unless defined?(Rails)
require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment"
end
require 'rspec/rails'
# Requires supporting files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
# in ./support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each {|f| require f}
Rspec.configure do |config|
# == Mock Framework
#
# If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
#
# config.mock_with :mocha
# config.mock_with :flexmock
# config.mock_with :rr
config.mock_with :rspec
config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
# If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
# examples within a transaction, comment the following line or assign false
# instead of true.
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
### Part of a Spork hack. See http://bit.ly/arY19y
# Emulate initializer set_clear_dependencies_hook in
# railties/lib/rails/application/bootstrap.rb
ActiveSupport::Dependencies.clear
def test_sign_in(user)
controller.sign_in(user)
end
def integration_sign_in(user)
visit signin_path
fill_in :email, :with => user.email
fill_in :password, :with => user.password
click_button
end
end
end
Spork.each_run do
end

Answer 1

it appears your test_sign_in method is returning an instance of an array rather than a User object. Are you explicitly returning a user object in the test_sign_in method? If not, have a look at the last line that's executed in that method, I have a feeling the result of it is an array.

Answer 2

I solved this issue, and the answer can be found on the railstutorial official forums.