FactoryGirl.define do factory :venue, :class => Venue do name 'blah' name_seo 'blah' is_public true x '1.5' y '1.5' after(:build) do |v| v.owner = User.first v.city = City.where( :cityname => 'San_Francisco' ).first end end factory :cac, :class => Venue do name 'Computational Arts Corp' name_seo 'cac' after(:build) do |v| v.owner = User.first v.city = City.where( :cityname => 'San_Francisco' ).first end end end