A Tip for Webrat
I had my first experiences with Webrat last Thursday and I came across this error:
NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.fields
(eval):2:in `choose'
Not being able to decipher that, I turned to the web and found this helpful link which didn’t completely solve my problem but did point me in the right direction: check the markup.
Looking at what I had:
<tr> <td> <input type="radio" value="1" name="my_radio_btn" id="my_radio_btn"> </td> <td id="l"> <label for="my_radio_btn">My Radio Button</label> </td> </tr>
…there wasn’t a <form> anywhere in sight. Once I fixed the markup to be:
<tr>
<td>
<form id="better_markup">
<input type="radio" value="1" name="my_radio_btn" id="my_radio_btn">
</form>
</td>
<td id="l">
<label for="my_radio_btn">My Radio Button</label>
</td>
</tr>
… Webrat worked like a charm.
