You are describing different test cases. In most of my applications, I test how the application works when there are 0, 1 or >1 records for a given scenario. Those are three separate tests in my application. Fixtures/factories are just used to setup the conditions for the test.
Eric On Aug 25, 6:26 pm, bill walton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 13:38 -0400, Patrick Doyle wrote: > > Hello, > > I just ran into a bug in my application in which the behavior differed > > depending on whether there was a single element in a particular table > > or multiple elements in the table. Right after I fixed the bug, I > > thought to myself, "I wonder how I could have structured a functional > > test to detect this?" > > > For my simple application, I am perfectly happy to use fixtures and > > ActionController::TestCase. I have a fixture with multiple records in > > it. If I wanted to test my application with a single record, and then > > test it again with multiple records, how could I do that? > > Fixtures are not the only way to load your test database. You can do > whatever you want along the lines of db prep in your individual test > methods. > > HTH, > Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
