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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We have a policy of always having a
.testing_create() classmethod on each entity object which is
responsible for creating the object with whatever data is needed
to satisfy database constraints. That would include and dependent
objects, as needed.<br>
<br>
So, if I need an Order entity for testing, in the test, I'm only
responsible for:<br>
<br>
# delete all orders and anything dependent on orders, this method
is responsible for knowing what depends on orders and calling
dependent_object.delete_all_cascaded() for those tables. But only
one level deep since the dependent objects are also responsible
for taking care of dependencies.<br>
<br>
Orders.delete_all_cascaded() <br>
<br>
I always delete all objects when beginning a test to avoid
cross-test contamination.<br>
<br>
# create order with sane defaults, pass in parameters to change
values that need to be updated for testing.<br>
Orders.testing_create(...)<br>
<br>
FWIW. :)<br>
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On 07/03/2014 07:48 AM, Marcin Tustin wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Right now I’m looking for alternatives to
the farmdev fixture module (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://farmdev.com/projects/fixture/">http://farmdev.com/projects/fixture/</a>)
for loading fixture data with sqlalchemy. My main problem with
that library is that while it’s easy to use (nice,
human-editable way of specifying fixtures), the teardown code
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