Rails: Cucumber not cleaning DB

Question

I'm having some issues with cucumber & database transactions - specifically, when I run the test suite, database transactions are not cleaned afterwards.

I'm running rails 3.1 with spork, postgres.

Initially features/support/env.rb was set to use database_cleaner, but consistently got the following error on each call to the db:

No database specified. Missing argument: database. (ArgumentError) /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:22:in postgresql_connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:292:innew_connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:302:in checkout_new_connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:254:inblock (2 levels) in checkout' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:250:in loop' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:250:inblock in checkout' /Users/john/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:201:in mon_synchronize' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:249:incheckout' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:151:in connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:388:inretrieve_connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/activerecord-3.1.0.rc4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:107:in retrieve_connection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/cucumber-rails-1.0.2/lib/cucumber/rails/hooks/active_record.rb:7:inconnection' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/database_cleaner-0.6.7/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/transaction.rb:17:in clean' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/database_cleaner-0.6.7/lib/database_cleaner/base.rb:77:inclean' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/database_cleaner-0.6.7/lib/database_cleaner/configuration.rb:56:in block in clean' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/database_cleaner-0.6.7/lib/database_cleaner/configuration.rb:56:ineach' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/database_cleaner-0.6.7/lib/database_cleaner/configuration.rb:56:in clean' /Users/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/cucumber-rails-1.0.2/lib/cucumber/rails/hooks/database_cleaner.rb:9:inAfter'

I tried reverting to regular transactions, but no joy. I can access the database via the console (cucumber environment) and create/delete/retrieve records with no problems. The config/database.yml, features/support/env.rb, config/environments/cucumber.rb and rspec/spec_helper.rb files are added below. Any suggestions very appreciated - this one has had me stumped for some time:

CONFIG/DATABASE.yml

default: &defaults
  adapter: postgresql
  username: rails_dev
  password: foobar

development:
  <<: *defaults
  database: fcct_d

test: &test
  <<: *defaults
  database: fcct_t

production:
  <<: *defaults
  database: fcct_p
  username: fcct
  password: k#1*5Avb3dTa

cucumber:
  adapter: postgresql
  username: rails_dev
  password: foobar
  database: fcct_t

FEATURES/SUPPORT/ENV.RB

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'

Spork.prefork do
  require 'cucumber/rails'
  require 'database_cleaner'
  require 'database_cleaner/cucumber'


  Capybara.default_selector = :css

  ActionController::Base.allow_rescue = false

  begin
    DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :transaction
  rescue NameError
    raise "You need to add database_cleaner to your Gemfile (in the :test group) if you wish to use it."
  end

end

Spork.each_run do
  require 'factory_girl'
  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../lib/existing_factory/existing_factory.rb')
end

CONFIG/ENVIRONMENTS/CUCUMBER.RB

BusinessschoolCorporate::Application.configure do # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb

# The test environment is used exclusively to run your application's

test suite. You never need to work with it otherwise. Remember

that # your test database is "scratch space" for the test suite and is wiped # and recreated between test runs. Don't rely on the data there!
config.cache_classes = true
config.use_transactional_fixtures = true

# Configure static asset server for tests with Cache-Control for performance config.serve_static_assets = true
config.static_cache_control = "public, max-age=3600"

# Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil
config.whiny_nils = true

# Show full error reports and disable caching
config.consider_all_requests_local = true
config.action_controller.perform_caching = false

# Raise exceptions instead of rendering exception templates
config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions = false

# Disable request forgery protection in test environment
config.action_controller.allow_forgery_protection = false

# Tell Action Mailer not to deliver emails to the real world. # The :test delivery method accumulates sent emails in the # ActionMailer::Base.deliveries array.
config.action_mailer.delivery_method = :test

# Use SQL instead of Active Record's schema dumper when creating the test database. # This is necessary if your schema can't be completely dumped by the schema dumper, # like if you have constraints or database-specific column types # config.active_record.schema_format = :sql

# Print deprecation notices to the stderr
config.active_support.deprecation = :stderr end

SPEC/SPEC_HELPER.RB

require 'rubygems' require 'spork'

Spork.prefork do # Loading more in this block will cause your tests to run faster. However, # if you change any configuration or code from libraries loaded here, you'll # need to restart spork for it take effect. # This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install' ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test' require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", FILE) require 'rspec/rails'

# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc, # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/*/.rb")].each {|f| require f}

RSpec.configure do |config| # == Mock Framework # # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line: # # config.mock_with :mocha # config.mock_with :flexmock # config.mock_with :rr config.mock_with :rspec

# Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or

ActiveRecord fixtures # config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"

# If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run

each of your # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false # instead of true. config.use_transactional_fixtures = true end

end

Spork.each_run do # This code will be run each time you run your specs.

end

Answer 1

For those wondering - it was the fact that I had &defaults in my config/database.yml file. Database cleaner has a 'defaults' call of its own, which intercepts the config info.