[Rails] Re: bootstrapping test database?

Robert Pankowecki wrote:
> On Oct 8, 2:22�pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>
>> You don't want to do that. �Start from a blank DB, and in each test, use
>> factories to create only the records you need for that test. �That way
>> it is clearer what is being tested.
>
> Except for the dictionaries tables. I changed the rake tasks so
> development and test database are both seeded.
>

No. Even dictionaries should not be seeded in test. Just use factories
to create only the actual records needed for each individual test.

As far as I can tell, there is no valid use case for seeding the test
DB. Don't ever do it.

> Robert Pankowecki

Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
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marnen@marnen.org

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