Why isn't factory_girl operating transactionally for me? - rows remain in database after tests

Question

I\'m trying to use factory_girl to create a \"user\" factory (with RSpec) however it doesn\'t seem to be operating transactionally and is apparently failing because of remna

Answer 1

See my blog entry on the difference between using before :all and before :each with regard to transactions: http://mwilden.blogspot.com/2010/11/beware-of-rspecs-before-all.html. In a nutshell, before :all is not transactional, and data created there will stick around after the test is run.