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authorJamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com>2005-06-10 14:58:02 +0000
committerJamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com>2005-06-10 14:58:02 +0000
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Do not use instantiated fixtures (in general) in tests. Also, support the use of transactional fixtures by setting the AR_TX_FIXTURES environment variable to "yes".
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@@ -33,3 +33,14 @@ You can also run all the suites on a specific adapter with:
cd test; all.sh "connections/native_mysql"
+== Faster tests
+
+If you are using a database that supports transactions, you can set the
+"AR_TX_FIXTURES" environment variable to "yes" to use transactional fixtures.
+This gives a very large speed boost. With rake:
+
+ rake AR_TX_FIXTURES=yes
+
+Or, by hand:
+
+ AR_TX_FIXTURES=yes ruby -I connections/native_sqlite3 base_test.rb