Are you using mocks/stubs for the controllers and views? This has made the biggest difference in my specs. The other thing that's sped up my specs is making sure I'm only loading fixtures for the specs that absolutely need it on the models.
<br><br>But no - I've never used in-memory databases, so I can't help you there.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Taylor</b> <<a href="mailto:mailing_lists@railsnewbie.com">
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<br>using an in-memory database to run their specs? Any pointers or tips?<br><br>Scott<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>rspec-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:rspec-users@rubyforge.org">rspec-users@rubyforge.org
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