RAILS: db count is always 0 in spec - ruby-on-rails

Question

Here is a simple case of spec in Rails 4.2:
it "returns redirect to Save & Copy" do
user_access = FactoryGirl.create(:user_access, :action => 'create', :resource =>'simple_orderx_orders', :role_definition_id => #role.id, :rank => 1,
:sql_code => "")
session[:user_id] = #u.id
q1 = FactoryGirl.create(:simple_orderx_order)
q = FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:simple_orderx_order)
FactoryGirl.create(:project_misc_definitionx_misc_definition, :resource_id => q1.id, :resource_string => 'simple_orderx_orders', definition_category: 'production_step')
expect {
get 'create', {:order => q, commit: I18n.t('Save & Copy')}
expect(response).to redirect_to URI.escape(SUBURI + "/view_handler?index=0&msg=Successfully Saved!")
}.to change(ProjectMiscDefinitionx::MiscDefinition.all.reload, :count).by(1)
end
end
In debugger, there is a new record being added to table MiscDefinition and MiscDefinition.all.count is 2, but in spec the ProjectMiscDefinitinox::MiscDefinition.all.count is always 0 and the spec case fails. What could cause the counting error in spec?
Here is the create in controller:
def create
#order = SimpleOrderx::Order.new(new_params)
#order.last_updated_by_id = session[:user_id]
#order.entered_by_id = session[:user_id]
#order.fort_token = session[:fort_token]
copy_steps(#order) if params[:commit] == I18n.t('Save & Copy') #copy mfg steps from previous order
if #order.save
copy_steps(#order.reload) if params[:commit] == I18n.t('Save & Copy') #copy mfg steps from previous order
redirect_to URI.escape(SUBURI + "/view_handler?index=0&msg=Successfully Saved!")
else
#erb_code = find_config_const('order_new_view', session[:fort_token], 'simple_orderx')
flash[:notice] = t('Data Error. Not Saved!')
render 'new'
end
end
def copy_steps(order)
obj = Order.where('drawing_num = ? AND id != ?', order.drawing_num, order.id).order('created_at DESC') if order.drawing_num.present? #find the previous order of the same drawing#
obj = Order.where('part_num = ? AND id != ?', order.part_num, order.id).order('created_at DESC') if obj.blank? && order.part_num.present?
obj = Order.where('part_name Like ? AND id != ?', "%#{order.part_name}%", order.id).order('created_at DESC') if obj.blank? && order.part_name.present?
copied = false
obj.limit(4).each do |o|
SimpleOrderx.production_step_class.where('resource_id = ? AND resource_string = ? AND definition_category = ?', o.id, params[:controller].sub('/', '_'), 'production_step').each do |r|
new_step = SimpleOrderx.production_step_class.new()
new_step = r.dup
new_step.resource_id = order.id
begin
new_step.save
copied = true
rescue => e
flash[:notice] = 'Error in copying production steps: ' + e.message
end
end
return if copied
end if obj.present?
end