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    copied!<p>Here is what I am dealing with, but first a bit of background on what needs to be done. There are 3 models: Patients -- Appointments -- Procedures</p> <p>Within these 3 models there are two views Procedures -- Patients</p> <p>Of these 2 views I would like to schedule Appointments through the Patients (show) view. Which in essence will create a new appointment for the patient in view (specifically the patient.id in view). </p> <p>Here is the code for the models</p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>class Patient &lt; ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :address1, :address2, :city, :comment, :email, :first_name, :init_date, :init_time, :last_name, :mobile, :notes, :phone, :state, :zip has_many :appointments, dependent: :destroy has_many :procedures, through: :appointments </code></pre> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>class Procedure &lt; ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :comment, :occurence, :procedure, :procedure_code, :procedure_price, :procedure_time, :visits has_many :appointments has_many :patients, through: :appointments </code></pre> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>class Appointment &lt; ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :appointment_date, :appointment_notes, :appointment_time, :procedure_id belongs_to :patient belongs_to :procedure </code></pre> <p>Here is the controller for appointments as well as the routes.rb inclusion of appointments (but just that line)</p> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>resources :appointments, only: [:create, :destroy, :edit, :update] </code></pre> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>class AppointmentsController &lt; ApplicationController include PatientsHelper before_filter :signed_in_user def create @current_patient = @patient.id @appointment = @current_patient.appointments.build(params[:appointment]) if @appointment.save flash[:success] = "Appointment scheduled!" redirect_to patient_path(@current_patient) else render 'create' end end </code></pre> <pre class="lang-rb prettyprint-override"><code>module PatientsHelper def current_patient=(patient) @current_patient = patient end def current_patient @current_patient end def current_patient?(patient) patient == current_patient end end </code></pre> <p>So that is the setup, I am receiving the following rspec error in the patients_controller. Have tested @appointment = @current_patient.appointments.build(params[:appointment]) in console by first defining an id for @current_patient = Patient.first. That works and a build happens as it should. The error:</p> <p>Failures:</p> <pre><code>1) Appointment Pages appointment creation with invalid information should not create an appointment Failure/Error: expect { click_button "Schedule procedure" }.not_to change(Appointment, RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id # ./app/controllers/appointments_controller.rb:6:in `create' # (eval):2:in `click_button' # ./spec/requests/appointment_pages_spec.rb:17:in `block (5 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;' # ./spec/requests/appointment_pages_spec.rb:17:in `block (4 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;' 2) Appointment Pages appointment creation with invalid information error messages Failure/Error: before { click_button "Schedule procedure" } RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id # ./app/controllers/appointments_controller.rb:6:in `create' # (eval):2:in `click_button' # ./spec/requests/appointment_pages_spec.rb:22:in `block (5 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;' 3) Appointment Pages appointment creation with valid information should create a micropost Failure/Error: expect { click_button "Schedule procedure" }.to change(Appointment, RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id # ./app/controllers/appointments_controller.rb:6:in `create' # (eval):2:in `click_button' # ./spec/requests/appointment_pages_spec.rb:36:in `block (5 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;' # ./spec/requests/appointment_pages_spec.rb:36:in `block (4 levels) in &lt;top (required)&gt;' </code></pre> <p>It would seem that I am not properly defining @current_patient = @patient.id... or rather the current patient in view is not carrying over/through to the appointments form. Where do I need to define the current patient to carry that id through to the form create method of @current_patient.appointments.build? </p>
 

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