tests

test/integration/003_simple_reference_test/invalid-models/descendant.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- should be ref('model')
+select * from {{ ref(model) }}

test/integration/003_simple_reference_test/invalid-models/model.sql

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+select 1 as id

test/integration/003_simple_reference_test/test_simple_reference.py

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
+import os
+
+from dbt.exceptions import CompilationException
+
 from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
 
+
 class TestSimpleReference(DBTIntegrationTest):
     @property
     def schema(self):
@@ -184,3 +189,20 @@ def test__snowflake__simple_reference_with_models_and_children(self):
 
         self.assertTrue('EPHEMERAL_SUMMARY' in created_models)
         self.assertEqual(created_models['EPHEMERAL_SUMMARY'], 'table')
+
+
+class TestErrorReference(DBTIntegrationTest):
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return "simple_reference_003"
+
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return "invalid-models"
+
+    @use_profile('postgres')
+    def test_postgres_undefined_value(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(CompilationException) as exc:
+            self.run_dbt(['compile'])
+        path = os.path.join('invalid-models', 'descendant.sql')
+        self.assertIn(path, str(exc.exception))