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A rails gem for verifying migrations with rspec or Test::Unit
https://github.com/atomicobject/birdbath

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A rails gem for verifying migrations with rspec or Test::Unit

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= Birdbath

Birdbath provides methods which let you assert the current state of the schema and run your migrations against the _test_ database.

== Install

gem install birdbath

If you're using it outside of a Rails environment (for whatever reason) include the Birdbath module in your tests:

require 'test/unit'
require 'birdbath'

class MyTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
include Birdbath

def test_something
...
end
end

== Use

*assert_schema*: verifies the schema of the database exactly matches the one specified.

def test_the_schema
assert_schema do |s|
s.table :books do |t|
t.column :id, :integer
t.column :title, :string, :limit => 5
t.column :author, :string
end

s.table :reviews do |t|
t.column :id, :integer
t.column :book_id, :integer
t.column :body, :text
t.column :rating, :integer, :default => 0
t.index :book_id, :name => 'index_book_id_on_reviews'
end
end
end

This would verify there are only two tables defined in the test database: _books_ and _reviews_ (schema_info is ignored). It will also verify that the _book_ table has the three columns, _id_, _title_ and _author_, each with their respective types. Indexes are verified too.

*assert_table*: verify a table is found exactly as specified:

assert_table :books do |t|
t.column :id, :integer
t.column :title, :string, :limit => 5
t.column :author, :string
t.index :author, :name => 'index_author_on_books'
end

*drop_all_tables*: does just what it says to your _test_ database.

*migrate*: executes the migrations against the test database using the same mechanism as rake db:migrate.

def test_the_migrations
migrate
migrate :version => 0
migrate :version => 10
migrate
end

This would do the same thing as running the following rake commands, but within a test case:

rake db:migrate
rake db:migrate VERSION=0
rake db:migrate VERSION=10
rake db:migrate

By combining the two helpers you can write a test that shows you can run all your migrations and get the final schema:

def test_should_be_able_to_migrate_from_an_empty_schema
drop_all_tables

# we shouldn't have any tables
assert_schema do |s|
end

migrate

assert_schema do |s|
s.table :books do |t|
t.column :id, :integer
t.column :title, :string
t.column :author, :string
end

s.table :reviews do |t|
t.column :id, :integer
t.column :book_id, :integer
t.column :body, :text
t.column :rating, :integer
t.index :book_id, :name => 'index_book_id_on_reviews'
end
end
end

The *migrate* helper can also be useful for testing data tranformation migrations:

def test_should_get_rid_of_bad_data
drop_all_tables
migrate :version => 7
Book.reset_column_information
book = Book.create! :title => "bad title\nwith\todd spacing"
migrate :version => 8 # should cleanse spacing in book titles
book.reload
assert_equal "bad title with odd spacing", book.title
end

== Authors

* Micah Alles (alles@atomicobject.com)
* David Crosby (crosby@atomicobject.com)
* Patrick Bacon (bacon@atomicobject.com)
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