From: Vassilis Rizopoulos <damphyr@...>
Date: 2007-06-29T04:39:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting fixtures to work without Rails

Gregory Brown wrote:
> On 6/28/07, Vassilis Rizopoulos <damphyr@freemail.gr> wrote:
>
>> So what am I missing? Obviously I need to recreate some more of that
>> Rails magic.
>
> This doesn't answer your question, but unless you've already created a
> ton of fixtures, consider not using them at all.   They suck in Rails
> and probably will suck even more outside of Rails. :-/

OK, let us discuss this, cause I am at the point where I need data in 
the database (to get ruport in gear :) ) and I'm looking for a practical 
way to DRY such sets of data.
Fixtures at the moment give me the ability to centrally manage my data 
(and if I could get them working) not write much more code.
Note that at this point I am talking unit testing and I want to be able 
to run my tests with and without using rake (just a perk of mine).
What would be a viable alternative for adding test data to an AR database?
Cheers,
V.-

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