It's OK to add data in a migration if your test suite cleans the database before it starts.
For instance, in RSpec:
config.before(:suite) do
DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:deletion)
end
Don't insert table rows in a Rails database migration. This will break tests that expect that database to be empty and cause you all sorts of pain.
If you need a place for default application data, use
db/seed.rb
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or put a script into lib/scripts. It won't run automatically, so add a chore story to Pivotal Tracker as a reminder.
Posted by Henning Koch to makandra dev (2010-11-25 13:33)