Can't figure out how to override associations in FactoryGirl and Rails

Question

Given this factory:

FactoryGirl.define do
    factory:prospect do
        account
    end
end

where "account" points to a valid Factory (and works fine), I can't figure out how to override the account in my test.

I've tried this:

account = FactoryGirl.create( :account )
prospect = FactoryGirl.create( :prospect, account: account )
expect( prospect.account ).to eq account

But it doesn't, I get two separate account objects. Any idea (a) why this is happening and/or (b) how to override the account creation in the spec test?

Many thanks

Answer 1

I tried your code and I get a green dot.

Do you have

FactoryGirl.define do
  factory :account do
  end
end

and everything correctly set up in your models and database?