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require File.expand_path('../../helper', __FILE__)

describe ActiveRecord::QueryMethods::WhereChain do
  describe :like do
    before do
      Post.create(id: 1, title: 'We need some content to test with')
      Post.create(id: 2, title: 'I really like DSLs - see what I did there?')
    end

    after do
      Post.delete_all
    end

    it "finds records with attributes matching the criteria" do
      Post.where.like(title: '%there?').map(&:id).must_include 2
    end

    it "is case-insensitive" do
      search_term = "%dsls"

      lowercase_posts = Post.where.like(title: search_term)
      uppercase_posts = Post.where.like(title: search_term.upcase)

      lowercase_posts.map(&:id).must_equal(uppercase_posts.map(&:id))
    end

    it "does not find records with attributes not matching the criteria" do
      Post.where.like(title: '%this title is not used anywhere%').map(&:id).wont_include 2
    end

    describe "security-related behavior"  do
      before do
        @user_input = "unused%' OR 1=1); --"
      end

      # This test is only here to provide the contrast for the test below
      # Interpolating input strings into LIKE queries is an all-too-common
      # mistake that is prevented by the syntax this plugin provides
      it "is possible to inject SQL into literal query strings" do
        Post.where("title LIKE '%#{@user_input}%'").count.must_equal(2)
      end

      it "prevents SQL injection" do
        Post.where.like(title: @user_input).count.must_equal(0)
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
activerecord-like-0.0.2	test/integration/like_test.rb
activerecord-like-0.0.1	test/integration/like_test.rb