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+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
+require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../config/environment")
+require 'test_help'
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+ # Transactional fixtures accelerate your tests by wrapping each test method
+ # in a transaction that's rolled back on completion. This ensures that the
+ # test database remains unchanged so your fixtures don't have to be reloaded
+ # between every test method. Fewer database queries means faster tests.
+ #
+ # Read Mike Clark's excellent walkthrough at
+ # http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2005/10/24#Rails10FastTesting
+ #
+ # Every Active Record database supports transactions except MyISAM tables
+ # in MySQL. Turn off transactional fixtures in this case; however, if you
+ # don't care one way or the other, switching from MyISAM to InnoDB tables
+ # is recommended.
+ self.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+
+ # Instantiated fixtures are slow, but give you @david where otherwise you
+ # would need people(:david). If you don't want to migrate your existing
+ # test cases which use the @david style and don't mind the speed hit (each
+ # instantiated fixtures translates to a database query per test method),
+ # then set this back to true.
+ self.use_instantiated_fixtures = false
+
+ # Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
+end