Rails - Jul 2006 - fixtures not loading when running rake test - ok other times

Hallo -- I have the most bizzare problem.
I have a test called PropertyTest that runs absolutely fine. Even if I 
totally clear the test database before running it, it happily scoots 
off, loads all necessary fixtures, runs & passes all tests.
My problem arises when I run rake test:units.
Then, all other tests pass fine, but this one starts failing as if the 
fixture data simply hasn''t loaded (counts of 0 where 3 were expected, 
etc.).
Another reason I suspect it is fixture related is that I was referring 
to the fixtures with the test shorthand
"properties(:secondary_school)"
(where secondary_school is the name of one of my Property fixtures) -- 
again, this ran fine on its own, but threw errors (not fails, errors) 
when I ran the test with all the other unit tests. Changing the test 
code to explicitly find any property fixtures I needed from the database 
fixed this, although I still have the fails where data apparently does 
not exist.
Has anyone else come across this?
& knows a fix for it?
Obviously I could ignore it, as the test runs fine individually, but I 
hate not having a cleanly passing test suite -- it obviously becomes 
less effective when you have to keep track of which tests you aren''t 
expecting to pass under certain circumstances.
If anyone can help, I''d be massively grateful.
Cheers,
   Doug.

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Hi -- I''ve not solved the problem, but I do have a horrible hack fix 
that is working for the moment.
I''ve changed the order the test is called in by changing
test''s name
from PropertyTest to ZPropertyTest.
Why this has worked, I''m not sure, as (like I said) I can''t
replicate
the failures by clearing the test database & running the test on its 
own, so I don''t beleive it  can be a missing fixture declaration or 
anything.
Naturally, I would still appreciate any help anyone can offer on this, 
as I can see a future where I have to name tests to fudge their calling 
order, which is far from ideal.
Cheers,
   Doug.

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