Rails - Jul 2005 - Multiple fixtures, same table

How do I write two tests that need to have two different fixtures
''files''.
The test side is not hard, but it''s not clear how to write two
different
fixtures for one table.

No, I don''t mean mulitple records in one table.  One of my tests needs
to have
an empty table, but most do not.

David

David Corbin <dcorbin-wmGZ+vDKSyrZJqsBc5GL+g@public.gmane.org> writes:
> How do I write two tests that need to have two different fixtures
> ''files''.  The test side is not hard, but it''s
not clear how to write
> two different fixtures for one table.
According to http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/Fixtures.html, you
can define your fixture_path to be something other than test/fixtures
and have a second set of fixtures.

class FooTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
    self.fixture_path = File.dirname(__FILE__)+''/../fixtures2''

    fixtures :foos

    ...
end

The trick though is you''d probably want to define a separate TestCase
class for each of the two types of tests that require the different
fixtures.
-- 
doug-jGAhs73c5XxeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org

On Tuesday 05 July 2005 10:08 am, Doug Alcorn wrote:
> David Corbin <dcorbin-wmGZ+vDKSyrZJqsBc5GL+g@public.gmane.org>
writes:
> > How do I write two tests that need to have two different fixtures
> > ''files''.  The test side is not hard, but
it''s not clear how to write
> > two different fixtures for one table.
>
> According to http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/Fixtures.html, you
> can define your fixture_path to be something other than test/fixtures
> and have a second set of fixtures.
>
> class FooTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
>     self.fixture_path =
File.dirname(__FILE__)+''/../fixtures2''
>
>     fixtures :foos
>
>     ...
> end
>
> The trick though is you''d probably want to define a separate
TestCase
> class for each of the two types of tests that require the different
> fixtures.
The problem with this solution, is that the assignment of fixture_path is 
being set at "require time", not at test run time.  Now, depending on
how the
''fixtures''  method is implemented, it might be possible to do
that assignment
in setup, but I''m suspect it won''t work.

The seperate TestCase is not a problem.

David