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diff --git a/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS.rdoc b/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS.rdoc index 2f3d516c43..c3ee34da55 100644 --- a/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS.rdoc +++ b/activerecord/RUNNING_UNIT_TESTS.rdoc @@ -1,31 +1,43 @@ == Setup -If you don't have the environment set make sure to read - - http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#testing-active-record +If you don't have an environment for running tests, read +http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/contributing_to_ruby_on_rails.html#setting-up-a-development-environment == Running the Tests -You can run a particular test file from the command line, e.g. +To run a specific test: + + $ ruby -Itest test/cases/base_test.rb -n method_name + +To run a set of tests: $ ruby -Itest test/cases/base_test.rb -To run a specific test: +You can also run tests that depend upon a specific database backend. For +example: - $ ruby -Itest test/cases/base_test.rb -n test_something_works + $ bundle exec rake test_sqlite3 -You can run with a database other than the default you set in test/config.yml, using the ARCONN -environment variable: +Simply executing <tt>bundle exec rake test</tt> is equivalent to the following: - $ ARCONN=postgresql ruby -Itest test/cases/base_test.rb + $ bundle exec rake test_mysql + $ bundle exec rake test_mysql2 + $ bundle exec rake test_postgresql + $ bundle exec rake test_sqlite3 -You can run all the tests for a given database via rake: +There should be tests available for each database backend listed in the {Config +File}[rdoc-label:label-Config+File]. (the exact set of available tests is +defined in +Rakefile+) - $ rake test_mysql +== Config File -The 'rake test' task will run all the tests for mysql, mysql2, sqlite3 and postgresql. +If +test/config.yml+ is present, it's parameters are obeyed. Otherwise, the +parameters in +test/config.example.yml+ are obeyed. -== Custom Config file +You can override the +connections:+ parameter in either file using the +ARCONN+ +(Active Record CONNection) environment variable: + + $ ARCONN=postgresql ruby -Itest test/cases/base_test.rb -By default, the config file is expected to be at the path test/config.yml. You can specify a -custom location with the ARCONFIG environment variable. +You can specify a custom location for the config file using the +ARCONFIG+ +environment variable. |