rspec users - Nov 2011 - before(:all) leaves records in database

Hi,

When I test my Rails controller, I find that records created in before(:all)
remain in database while records created in before(:each) and let are wiped out
after testing. This made me run "rake test:prepare" for every new
test. Is that normal?

Best regards,
Zhi-Qiang Lei
zhiqiang.lei at gmail.com

Yes,

Only before :each is run in transaction. You should avoid creating
records in the before :all hook

On Nov 25, 2011, at 8:04 AM, Zhi-Qiang Lei wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I test my Rails controller, I find that records created in
before(:all) remain in database while records created in before(:each) and let
are wiped out after testing. This made me run "rake test:prepare" for
every new test. Is that normal?
Yes. before(:all) is not run in a transaction.

When using before(:all) to create records in the database, you should use 
after(:all) to clean that up.

Sometimes when you need to setup a lot of data, this can speed your tests a 
lot.
Otherwise avoid it. 

On Friday, November 25, 2011 3:04:08 PM UTC+1, Zhi-Qiang Lei
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> When I test my Rails controller, I find that records created in 
> before(:all) remain in database while records created in before(:each) and 
> let are wiped out after testing. This made me run "rake
test:prepare" for
> every new test. Is that normal?
>
> Best regards,
> Zhi-Qiang Lei
> zhiqiang.lei at gmail.com
>
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