meta.create_all() and meta.drop_all() are helpful too. and the nose module [1] makes it easy to setup/teardown a package of tests since you can define setup() and teardown() in an __init__.py
[1] http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ On 2/2/07, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Allen schrieb: > > How do people writing db applications with SA do unit testing on their > > code? Are there any good db unit testing frameworks that work well > > with SA? If I can't find anything I will probably just roll my own > > but I would like to keep from reinventing the wheel if I can help it. > > Basically you have to initialize your database for each test and destroy it > afterwards again (otherwise it wouldn't be a 'unit' test). In the 'unittest' > module, you can use the 'setUp' and tearDown' methods of the TestCase class > for > this purpose. > > For example: > > # model contains the SA table and mapper classes > import unittest > import sqlalchemy > import model > > class SATestCase(unittest.TestCase): > > def setUp(self): > # do what you have to do to bind the metadata/engine to the model here > > # create all model tables > for item in dir(self.model): > item = getattr(self.model, item) > if isinstance(item, sqlalchemy.Table): > item.create(checkfirst=True) > > def tearDown(self): > # drop all model tables > for item in dir(self.model): > item = getattr(self.model, item) > if isinstance(item, sqlalchemy.Table): > item.drop(checkfirst=True) > # close database > > def testFoo(self): > # here comes your unit test > > > Chris > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
