Tony Byrne wrote: > Hi Jaime, > > On 13 Aug 2010, at 11:49, Jaime Ferreira wrote: > >> How is it possible that the fixtures loading go around my database >> constraints? > > For PostgreSQL AFAIK, the triggers which enforce RI are disabled prior > to the loading of the fixtures. I only discovered this because I ran > into a problem recently where my tests were failing because the db user > for the tests did not have permissions to disable the triggers.
Oh, right...I remember seeing that (I think it's a performance hack?). Yet another reason not to use fixtures, arguably the most broken and horrific feature of Rails. Jaime, I would *highly* recommend abandoning fixtures and using factories for your testing instead (I like Machinist for this). Your tests will be easier to write and more conceptually correct. > > Regards, > > Tony Byrne. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- 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.
