Turn off transactional fixtures for one spec with RSpec 2

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How do I turn off transactional fixtures for only one spec (or Steak scenario) with RSpec 2? I tried some things found on the web without any success.

This leads to an undefined method exception.

describe "MyClass without transactional fixtures" do
  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
  ...
end

This simply does nothing (transactional fixture is still on):

describe "MyClass without transactional fixtures" do
  RSpec.configure do |config|
    config.use_transactional_fixtures = false
  end
  ...
end

What else could I try?

rspec2 ruby-on-rails-3 rspec ruby-on-rails
6 Answers

I mixed both answers and it worked for me on RSpec 3:

config.around(:each, use_transactional_fixtures: false) do |example|
  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
  example.run
  self.use_transactional_fixtures = true

  DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:deletion)
end

You can then use it in the describe, context or it block

describe 'my test', use_transactional_fixtures: false do
   ...
end
user_110356770

Not sure if that applies to RSpec2, but works fine with 3.

config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
config.around(:each, use_transactional_fixtures: false) do |example|
  self.use_transactional_tests = false
  example.run
  self.use_transactional_tests = true
end

Mind the use_transactional_fixtures (rspec-rails option) and use_transactional_tests (activerecord fixtures option) difference.

user_2029140

Use use_transactional_tests instead of use_transactional_fixtures When Rspec 2.3.8 is being used

def without_transactional_fixtures(&block)
  self.use_transactional_tests = false

  before(:all) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation
  end

  yield

  after(:all) do
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
  end

  self.use_transactional_tests = true
end
user_7517560
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