On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 7:08 AM, Greg Hauptmann < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > In cases where I have model methods that are generating data based on > non-trivial SQL queries to a database (e.g. to pull together data > required to plot an appropriate graph), does this really require a > traditional fixture (i.e. pre-canned test data) as opposed to use of > mocks? > I don't see how you could use mocks to test SQL. You need rows in the database to do this. I personally do not use fixtures because my model specs usually don't use a "typical" data set. I'll create my own data set for each type of spec, often using an object mother to create the valid network of objects. ///ark
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