Rspec Integration Test not Cleaning the Database

Question

The database is not being cleaned after each integration test. The value stays in the database.

Is there an option I should have to make this happen?

Thanks

Answer 1

I think https://github.com/bmabey/database_cleaner is what you need.

Answer 2

For anyone using before(:all) hooks, be aware that these hooks are executed before the transaction associated to the fixture is opened. This means that any data created by before(:all) hooks will not be rolled back by transactional fixtures. You can read more in the RSpec documentation.

I just wanted to mention this because I was bit by it and my initial instinct was to jump to Database Cleaner (which wound up not being needed and eventually not working).