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Ajedi32
Ajedi32

Reputation: 48438

When I put a record in the test database in rails, for how long does it persist?

If, as part of an RSpec or Cucumber test in my Rails application, I create a model and store it in the test database, how long will the record remain there for?

I'm pretty sure that the records are cleared at the end (or beginning?) of every test cycle, because they don't seem to interfere with successive runs of my test suite, but do records persist between different cucumber features and scenarios, or between different RSpec tests?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 547

Answers (1)

zetetic
zetetic

Reputation: 47578

If you are using transactions, changes will be rolled back after each example.

If you are not using transactions, the changes will persist unless you clear them out using some other technique. This is the typical case for request specs; thus something like database_cleaner or a hand-rolled method is required to clear out the test database.

RSpec's default spec_helper file contains the line:

  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true

which implies that transactions will be used.

Upvotes: 2

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