README.md

   1 # squeal-hspec
   2
   3 Helpers for creating database tests with hspec and squeal, inspired by Jonathan
   4 Fischoff's
   5 [hspec-pg-transact](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hspec-pg-transact).
   6
   7 This uses @tmp-postgres@ to automatically and connect to a temporary instance of
   8 postgres on a random port.
   9
  10 Current version is done to operate with Squeal 0.4.0.0.
  11
  12 `describeDB` lets you initate a series of `itDB` specs which will operate in the
  13 same context. It takes migrations to run and a series of fixtures to fill the
  14 database.
  15
  16 Setting the env var `TEST_DB_CONNECTION_STRING` will let you use a non-temporary
  17 database if need be. Tear down will run the `migrateDown` to make sure the test
  18 db doesn't get filled with invalid data.