Rails Rspec Capybara and DatabaseCleaner - using truncation only on feature tests

Question

I saw this cool method for only using Database cleaners :truncation for capybara test using :js => true

In spec_helper.rb:

config.before(:each) do
  DatabaseCleaner.strategy = if example.metadata[:js]
    :truncation
  else
    :transaction
  end
  DatabaseCleaner.start
end

config.after(:each) do
  DatabaseCleaner.clean
end

The problem is that any feature test done with capybara seems to need the cleaning strategy to be :truncation.

All the other specs, however, are fine with :transaction, which is significantly faster.

Is there a way of specifying strategy for only capybara feature tests? SOmething like:

DataCleaner.strategy( :truncation ) if :type => :feature

I didn't need the accepted answer but your question was very useful for me! I am using the 'if JS use truncation' block and it's working perfectly! Thanks! — Alan LaMielle, Jan 14 '14 at 17:31
Glad to help. The number of hours I spent messing around with this was not fun. — Squadrons, Jan 14 '14 at 19:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '13 at 18:26

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this should do it, let me know

config.after(:all, :type => :feature) do
  DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation
end

answered Feb 14 '13 at 18:26

Viktor Trón

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wouldn't you want to clean the database after auch test run? – rubiii May 13 '13 at 14:17
I tried with `config.before(:suite, :type => :feature)`, but I had no luck, the `DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation` is always running :/ – Alter Lagos Sep 04 '13 at 23:06

Rails Rspec Capybara and DatabaseCleaner - using truncation only on feature tests

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