How to load db:seed data into test database automatically?

Luke_Francl_17965 0
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I'm attempting to use the new standard way of loading seed data in Rails 2.3.4+, the db:seed rake task.

I'm loading constant data, which is required for my application to really function correctly.

What's the best way to get the db:seed task to run before the tests, so the data is pre-populated?

seed testing ruby-on-rails
8 Answers

I'd say it should be 

namespace :db do
  namespace :test do
    task :prepare => :environment do
      Rake::Task["db:seed"].invoke
    end
  end
end

Because db:test:load is not executed if you have config.active_record.schema_format = :sql (db:test:clone_structure is)

user_2430830

Building on Matt's answer, if taking that sort of route, I recommend calling Rails.application.load_seed in a before(:suite) block in rspec_helper.rb rather than in a before(:all) block in any file. That way the seeding code is invoked only once for the entire test suite rather than once for each group of tests.

rspec_helper.rb:

RSpec.configure do |config|
  ...
  config.before(:suite) do
    Rails.application.load_seed
  end
  ...
end
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