Not able access data in "it" rails rspec test class - ruby

Question

When we are trying to execute the below code we are not able access data newAccount and also not able to search date in active records in it method
Code Extract:
describe "search with name" do
before :each do
newAccount = Account.new
newAccount.firstname = "涯噘暮"
newAccount.id = "405"
newAccount.save
data = Account.execute_sql(['Select * from account where sfid= ? ','1'])
puts "Debug : #{data.to_json}"
newAccount = Account.new
newAccount.firstname = "涯 噘 暮"
newAccount.id = "2"
newAccount.save
end
it "should return direct matches during search" do
puts "#{newAccount}"
puts "#{Account.find_by_id(405)}"
end
end
Details of gem lib: These are the libraries that we are using for testing.
gem 'rspec-rails', '2.5.0'
gem 'faker'
gem 'capybara'
gem 'guard-rspec'
gem 'launchy'
gem 'simplecov', :require => false
gem 'resque_spec'

Answer 1

You have 2 errors here:
Variable names in Ruby are case-sensitive, so newaccount is different from newAccount, use one of them, preferably Ruby style guide recommends snake case (new_account)
newAccount in before(:each) is not visible in any it block. Consider them as different methods of one object, this way each method has its own local variables, that are invisible for other variables. The solution is to use instance variables, that can be shared inside different methods of one object.
This code should work:
describe "search with name" do
before :each do
#newAccount = Account.new
#newAccount.firstname = "涯噘暮"
#newAccount.id = "405"
#newAccount.save
data = Account.execute_sql(['Select * from account where sfid= ? ','1'])
puts "Debug : #{data.to_json}"
#newAccount = Account.new
#newAccount.firstname = "涯 噘 暮"
#newAccount.id = "2"
#newAccount.save
end
it "should return direct matches during search" do
puts "#{#newAccount}"
puts "#{Account.find_by_id(405)}"
end
end
You need to check if your account is really saved. You can
Add p #newAccount.errors.full_messages after #newAccount.save to see if there are any validation errors preventing your model to be saved.
Use #newAccount.save! instead of #newAccount.save (note the ! character). This will throw an exception if your save was unsuccessful.