On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Matt Wynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7 Dec 2008, at 17:56, Tero Tilus wrote: > > 2008-12-05 08:32, Jeff Talbot: >> >>> I want to clear out the database after every run so my tests are >>> isolated. >>> >> >> Maybe a minor detail, but I'd suggest you clear out the db _before_ >> each run. >> > > I respectfully disagree :) > I respectfully disagree :-) Two reasons: Firstly, this quickly leads to coupled tests. If test N+1 only passes if test N cleans up, test N+1 will fail if run in isolation. Secondly, if each test cleans up after itself, you can't manually look at the database to figure out why a test fails - there is no data! Aslak > > If I need this done, I can run rake db:test:prepare > > I think the tests should clean up after themselves. > > As you can see from the thread Ben linked to, it's pretty easy to watch > what ActiveRecord is doing, and truncate all the tables that have been > touched during a scenario. > > > Matt Wynne > http://blog.mattwynne.net > http://www.songkick.com > > > _______________________________________________ > rspec-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users >
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