How to populate database only once before @Test methods in spring test?

Question

My next problem testing spring service layer with junit4 is: How to call script that populates database only once before all @Test methods: I want to execute this once befor

Answer 1

Use Springs Embedded Database Support

or Springs Initialize Database Support

@See http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/jdbc.html#jdbc-embedded-database-support