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    <p>I'm new to RSpec and something I'm continuously having trouble with is understanding what records are in/out of scope. See below for an example. I'm creating a series of records via FactoryGirl. For example, I create a user and then in the before block I sign_in with that user. This always seems to work fine. But whenever I start trying to use records that are children of previously created records I seem to get into trouble. For example with group. Group requires a user and a group_type. Whenever I try to do something with these kind of records I hit a "Called id for nil" error. I've tried "puts group.name" and I can see that the group is being created but for some reason once the "visit group_path(group)" line executes the record no longer exists. I know I'm missing something pretty fundamental here. Appreciate any help as this has been driving me crazy.</p> <pre><code>describe "activities page" do let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) } let!(:group_type) { FactoryGirl.create(:group_type) } let!(:group) { FactoryGirl.create(:group, user: user, group_type: group_type) } before do sign_in user visit group_path(group) click_button "Check In" end </code></pre> <p>Error:</p> <pre><code>1) Activity pages activities page Failure/Error: visit group_path(group) RuntimeError: Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id </code></pre> <p>Adding Group show method:</p> <pre><code>def show @group = Group.find(params[:id]) @members = @group.members.paginate(page: params[:page]) cookies[:group_id] = @group.id # Set Pusher chat @chat = Chat.find_by_group_id(@group.id) @user = current_user @messages = Message.find(:all, :conditions =&gt; ["chat_id = ?", @chat.id.to_s]) end </code></pre>
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    1. COWhat does the `show` method in your GroupsController look like?
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    2. COAdded above. Thanks for taking a look.
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    3. COIs `@chat` nil? Your test doesn't seem to create any Chats associated with the Groups it creates.
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