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1_the_spec

    it 'searches by zipcode' do
puts "Before this bruhaha, zipcode count is #{Zipcode.count}: #{Zipcode.all.map(&:code)}"
      needle = Zipcode.where(:code => '90333').first || FactoryGirl.create(:zipcode, code: '90333')

puts "in the middle, zipcode count is #{Zipcode.count}: #{Zipcode.all.map(&:code)}"

      get :search, :format => :json, :code => 90333
      assigns(:zipcodes).should have(1).entry
      assigns(:zipcodes).should include(needle)

puts "Afterwards, zipcode count is #{Zipcode.count}: #{Zipcode.all.map(&:code)}"
      needle.delete
    end
  end

2_the_results

Before this bruhaha, zipcode count is 1: ["90210"]
in the middle, zipcode count is 2: ["90210", "90333"]
Afterwards, zipcode count is 2: ["90210", "90333"]
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Failures:

  1) ZipcodesController search searches by zipcode
     Failure/Error: assigns(:zipcodes).should include(needle)
       expected [#<Zipcode id: 62, code: "90333", city: "Los Angeles", state: "CA", latitude: nil, longitude: nil, kml: nil, created_at: "2014-08-22 15:02:36", updated_at: "2014-08-22 15:02:36", time_zone: "--- :null\n">] to include #<Zipcode id: 104, code: "90333", city: "Somewhere", state: "WA", latitude: nil, longitude: nil, kml: nil, created_at: "2014-08-22 15:15:59", updated_at: "2014-08-22 15:15:59", time_zone: "--- :null\n">
       Diff:
       @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
       -[#<Zipcode id: 104, code: "90333", city: "Somewhere", state: "WA", latitude: nil, longitude: nil, kml: nil, created_at: "2014-08-22 15:15:59", updated_at: "2014-08-22 15:15:59", time_zone: "--- :null\n">]
       +[#<Zipcode id: 62, code: "90333", city: "Los Angeles", state: "CA", latitude: nil, longitude: nil, kml: nil, created_at: "2014-08-22 15:02:36", updated_at: "2014-08-22 15:02:36", time_zone: "--- :null\n">]

     # ./spec/controllers/zipcodes_controller_spec.rb:23:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'

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