Ticket #7193: add-missing-fixture-warning-to-method-missing.diff

lib/active_record/fixtures.rb

@@ -608 +608 @@
-        def load_instances?
-          use_instantiated_fixtures != :no_instances
-        end
+        
+        def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+          begin
+            super
+          rescue NoMethodError
+            raise NoMethodError, "#{$!.message} -- are you missing a call to `fixtures :#{method}'?"
+          end
+        end
-    end
-
-  end

test/fixtures_test.rb

@@ -37 +37 @@
-    assert_kind_of(Array, fixtures_array)
-    fixtures_array.each { |fixtures| assert_kind_of(Fixtures, fixtures) }
-  end
+  
+  def test_method_missing_warns_about_possible_missing_fixture_table
+    exception = assert_raise(NoMethodError) { foos(:smith) }
+    assert_match(/missing a call to `fixtures :foos'/, exception.message)
+  end
-
-  def test_attributes
-    topics = create_fixtures("topics")