Fixture variables not created

Given a fixture contacts.yml which contains:

patrick:
id: 1
name: patrick
email: patrick@tes.com

pre 1.0 solutions:

@contacts[“patrick”]  #using hash
@patrick              #using variable

solution 1:

contacts(:patrick)    #using accessor

solution 2:

@loaded_fixtures[“contacts”][“patrick”] #direct access (not recommended)

solution 3:

Edit the test/test_helper.rb and set

  self.use_instantiated_fixtures  = true

this way the fixture variables are created like they used to.

You can get more details from the man himself (Mike Clark’s Weblog).