On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Mark Wilden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
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