Thanks E.Litwin That worked like a charm.
I just changed self.use_transactional_fixtures = false in test/ test_helper.rb from the default true to false. Thanks again, Elliott G On Nov 12, 6:57 pm, "E. Litwin" <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure how Shoulda works, but in Cucumber, I can turn off > transactional fixtures which retains state in the test database > between scenarios. > > The danger with this is that tests may pass or fail based on previous > state, when each scenario should really be run in isolation. > > Eric > > On Nov 12, 3:38 pm, elliottg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply Auvi. > > > I have been tailing the test log. It is showing me that the records I > > am watching are getting update on the test db as expected. But when I > > do a subsequent AR find query to pull them out and run assertions on > > them they do not match what the test log was showing. That's why I am > > trying to get a peek at the db itself. > > > Is it poor form/problematic to run AR find queries in functional > > tests? > > > Thanks, EG > > > On Nov 12, 5:43 pm, Auvi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > try this from the command line > > > tail -f log/test.log > > > ...and run your tests from another console > > > hope it helps! > > > > On Nov 12, 3:41 pm, elliottg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm wanting to be able to inspect what is actually getting written to > > > > the test database when/after tests are ran. > > > > > However I do no not know how to do this. Since after each test is ran > > > > the DB is wiped. How can I somehow prevent the BD from getting > > > > cleared out after running a test so I can manually check it's content? > > > > > I am using MySQL, Shoulda and Factory Girl. > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Elliott G --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
