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Posted by davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points

Fixtures uniqueness error..

When running the test for after creating the fixture I get the following error: 

 ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: Could not find table 'statuses'

I have created a fresh db, migrated and I'm getting this error.. any ideas?

1 Answer

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

You need to set up the test database. It is separate from the database your site runs on. Use:

rake db:test:prepare #to catch up the test database to current migrations
rake db:test:load #redo the test database to match the schema.rb file

Hope that helps!

davidalvarado
davidalvarado
7,544 Points

Aaaahhh...yes that's the ticket.. that fixed it, thank you.