rspec users - Jun 2010 - Should I be using database_cleaner to tear down data in RSpec 2.0 + Rails 3.0?

Subject pretty much asks the question

On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
> Subject pretty much asks the question
You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a clean DB, you can
use_transactional_examples (alias for use_transactional_fixtures, which defaults
to true in beta.10, but will default to false in beta.11).

David,

I''m not seeing that behavior.

I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is persisting
after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t seem to.

- Bran

On Jun 5, 2:12?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > Subject pretty much asks the question
>
> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a clean DB, you
can use_transactional_examples (alias for use_transactional_fixtures, which
defaults to true in beta.10, but will default to false in beta.11).
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On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>> 
>>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>> 
>> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a clean DB,
you can use_transactional_examples (alias for use_transactional_fixtures, which
defaults to true in beta.10, but will default to false in beta.11).
> David,
> 
> I''m not seeing that behavior.
> 
> I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is persisting
> after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
> database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t seem to.
I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)

Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?

This cucumber feature passes:

http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/transactional_examples.feature

Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about your
environment.

Yeah, I''m not certain what the deal is.

Here is my spec_helper: http://pastie.org/993256

I was using Spork but commented it out to see if that was an issue.
Nope.
I was using sqlite to see if the lack of a real transactional database
was the issue. (changed to postgres) Nope.

Not certain if this is of any help but here is my Gemfile:
http://pastie.org/993259
(it''s a mess, I know)

This is confusing. :p

- Brian

On Jun 5, 3:42?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> >>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>
> >> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a clean
DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for use_transactional_fixtures,
which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default to false in beta.11).
> > David,
>
> > I''m not seeing that behavior.
>
> > I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is persisting
> > after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
> > database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t seem
to.
>
> I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>
> Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>
> This cucumber feature passes:
>
> http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>
> Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about your
environment.
>
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Sorry, forgot to answer the other question. I am using ActiveRecord.
Just a greenfield Rails 3.0.0.beta3 app

- Brian

On Jun 5, 3:42?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> >>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>
> >> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a clean
DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for use_transactional_fixtures,
which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default to false in beta.11).
> > David,
>
> > I''m not seeing that behavior.
>
> > I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is persisting
> > after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
> > database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t seem
to.
>
> I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>
> Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>
> This cucumber feature passes:
>
> http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>
> Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about your
environment.
>
> _______________________________________________
> rspec-users mailing list
> rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users

Ok, something else is going on because I just generated a brand new
app with rspec-2.0.beta.10 and the transactions are working just fine.
Sorry about that, I''ll track down the issue.

- Brian

On Jun 5, 4:12?pm, Brian Cardarella <bcardare... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Sorry, forgot to answer the other question. I am using ActiveRecord.
> Just a greenfield Rails 3.0.0.beta3 app
>
> - Brian
>
> On Jun 5, 3:42?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at
gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > >>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>
> > >> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a
clean DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for
use_transactional_fixtures, which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default
to false in beta.11).
> > > David,
>
> > > I''m not seeing that behavior.
>
> > > I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is
persisting
> > > after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
> > > database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t
seem to.
>
> > I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>
> > Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>
> > This cucumber feature passes:
>
>
>http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>
> > Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about
your environment.
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > rspec-users mailing list
> > rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>
> _______________________________________________
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On Jun 5, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
> Yeah, I''m not certain what the deal is.
> 
> Here is my spec_helper: http://pastie.org/993256
> 
> I was using Spork but commented it out to see if that was an issue.
> Nope.
> I was using sqlite to see if the lack of a real transactional database
> was the issue. (changed to postgres) Nope.
> 
> Not certain if this is of any help but here is my Gemfile:
http://pastie.org/993259
I see two rspec-rails references in your Gemfile - not sure if that''s
the issue, but it could be.
> (it''s a mess, I know)
> 
> This is confusing. :p
> 
> - Brian
> 
> On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>> 
>>>>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>> 
>>>> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a
clean DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for
use_transactional_fixtures, which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default
to false in beta.11).
>>> David,
>> 
>>> I''m not seeing that behavior.
>> 
>>> I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is
persisting
>>> after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
>>> database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it doesn''t
seem to.
>> 
>> I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>> 
>> Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>> 
>> This cucumber feature passes:
>> 
>>
http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>> 
>> Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about
your environment.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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Okay, it''s going to be one of those weekends. I forgot to wrap the
example in an ''it'' block. It was just a bare
''context'' block running
the code. False alarm! :D

- Brian

On Jun 5, 4:21?pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I''m not certain what the deal is.
>
> > Here is my spec_helper:http://pastie.org/993256
>
> > I was using Spork but commented it out to see if that was an issue.
> > Nope.
> > I was using sqlite to see if the lack of a real transactional database
> > was the issue. (changed to postgres) Nope.
>
> > Not certain if this is of any help but here is my
Gemfile:http://pastie.org/993259
>
> I see two rspec-rails references in your Gemfile - not sure if
that''s the issue, but it could be.
>
>
>
>
>
> > (it''s a mess, I know)
>
> > This is confusing. :p
>
> > - Brian
>
> > On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> >> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> >>> On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>
> >>>>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>
> >>>> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with
a clean DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for
use_transactional_fixtures, which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default
to false in beta.11).
> >>> David,
>
> >>> I''m not seeing that behavior.
>
> >>> I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is
persisting
> >>> after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
> >>> database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it
doesn''t seem to.
>
> >> I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>
> >> Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>
> >> This cucumber feature passes:
>
>
>>http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>
> >> Not sure what''s up, but there is something different
about your environment.
>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> rspec-users mailing list
> >> rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
> > _______________________________________________
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> > rspec-us... at rubyforge.org
> >http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>
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On Jun 5, 2010, at 4:20 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
> Ok, something else is going on because I just generated a brand new
> app with rspec-2.0.beta.10 and the transactions are working just fine.
> Sorry about that, I''ll track down the issue.
Happens :)

Good luck.
> 
> - Brian
> 
> On Jun 5, 4:12 pm, Brian Cardarella <bcardare... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, forgot to answer the other question. I am using ActiveRecord.
>> Just a greenfield Rails 3.0.0.beta3 app
>> 
>> - Brian
>> 
>> On Jun 5, 3:42 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>> 
>>>> On Jun 5, 2:12 pm, David Chelimsky <dchelim... at
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 5, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Brian Cardarella wrote:
>> 
>>>>>> Subject pretty much asks the question
>> 
>>>>> You _can_, but if you use ActiveRecord and start off with a
clean DB, you can use_transactional_examples (alias for
use_transactional_fixtures, which defaults to true in beta.10, but will default
to false in beta.11).
>>>> David,
>> 
>>>> I''m not seeing that behavior.
>> 
>>>> I have beta.10 and without using database_cleaner data is
persisting
>>>> after each spec and from suite run to suite run. I thought
>>>> database_cleaner would resolve the issue but it
doesn''t seem to.
>> 
>>> I _am_ seeing that behaviour :)
>> 
>>> Are you using AR? What does your spec_helper look like?
>> 
>>> This cucumber feature passes:
>> 
>>>
http://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/blob/master/features/model_specs/...
>> 
>>> Not sure what''s up, but there is something different about
your environment.
>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> rspec-users mailing list
>>> rspec-us... at
rubyforge.orghttp://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/rspec-users
>> 
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