factories.rb

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :tech_spec_name do
    sequence(:name) { |n| "#{ Faker::Lorem.word } #{ n }"}
  end

  factory :boat do
    name { Faker::Name.first_name }
  end

  factory :tech_spec do
    boat { FactoryGirl.create(:boat) }
    tech_spec_name { FactoryGirl.create(:tech_spec_name) }
    value { Faker::Lorem.word }
  end

  factory :user do
    email { Faker::Internet.email }
    role 'user'
    password 'thisisapassword'
    password_confirmation { |u| u.password }
  end
end

models.rb

class TechSpec < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates :boat_id, presence: true
  validates :tech_spec_name_id, presence: true, uniqueness: { scope: :boat_id }

  belongs_to :boat
  has_one :tech_spec_name
end
class TechSpecName < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
end
class Boat < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }

  has_many :tech_spec
end

small_stacktrace.log

DEPRECATION WARNING: You're trying to create an attribute `tech_spec_id'. Writing arbitrary attributes on a model is deprecated. Please just use `attr_writer` etc. (called from block (2 levels) in <top (required)> at /mnt/hgfs/d_wamp_www/austin/austinparker_it/spec/models/tech_spec_spec.rb:7)
F

Failures:

  1) TechSpec should have a valid factory
     Screenshot: /mnt/hgfs/d_wamp_www/austin/austinparker_it/tmp/capybara/screenshot_2013-02-15-02-06-17.993.png
     Failure/Error: tech_spec = FactoryGirl.create(:tech_spec,
     ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid:
       Validation failed: Tech spec name can't be blank
     # ./spec/models/tech_spec_spec.rb:7:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'

Finished in 1.14 seconds
1 example, 1 failure

Failed examples:

rspec ./spec/models/tech_spec_spec.rb:4 # TechSpec should have a valid factory
     Screenshot: /mnt/hgfs/d_wamp_www/austin/austinparker_it/tmp/capybara/screenshot_2013-02-15-02-06-17.993.png


Randomized with seed 62188

Done.

tech_spec_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe TechSpec do
  it "should have a valid factory" do
    tech_spec_name = FactoryGirl.create(:tech_spec_name)
    boat = FactoryGirl.create(:boat)
    tech_spec = FactoryGirl.create(:tech_spec,
                                   boat: boat,
                                   tech_spec_name: tech_spec_name)
    tech_spec.should be_valid
    # tech_spec = FactoryGirl.create(:tech_spec, tech_spec_name: tech_spec_name)
    # tech_spec.should be_valid
  end
end