Re: Testing without Fixtures (?)

Ralf
Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:52:09 -0000

On 9 Feb., 18:24, jhearn <jhe...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> Suppose I have an app that tries to smartly generate a list for
> grocery shopping.  The db has a table for all the items sold by the
> grocery store.  There is also a table for categories of groceries, and
> a join table that associates the items with the categories.  Cheddar,
> for instance, could be joined with the categories: cheeses, dairy,
> items_that_require_refrigeration, etc.  We also a have table for
> different scenarios we might be shopping for, e.g. general_grocery,
> camping_trip, dinner_party, christmas_baking, etc. and some items are
> joined with certain scenarios.

There are some tools with which it is possible to trim down the data
in a way
that respects the relationships between the tables ( http://jailer.sf.net/
for instance)