# Fixtures not re-loading per test method... **URL:** \ **Category:** rubyonrails-talk\ **Created:** [October 13, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixtures-not-re-loading-per-test-method/19232 "2007-10-13T20:41:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brian\_Cardarella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brian\_Cardarella](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Brian_Cardarella)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixtures-not-re-loading-per-test-method/19232/1 "2007-10-13T20:41:08Z")
For some reason my fixtures are not reloading their data after each test method. I've read that this is supposed to be the case so that I can work with clean data for every test, but it isn't happening. I have checked my test test.rb configuration environment file and have not noticed anything out of place. There is nothing in the API that I have come across that would create this behavior. Any help? ---
**Author:** ![jeff\_emminger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@jeff\_emminger](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/jeff_emminger)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixtures-not-re-loading-per-test-method/19232/2 "2007-10-14T03:13:17Z")
are you using transactional fixtures? ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Cardarella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brian\_Cardarella](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Brian_Cardarella)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/fixtures-not-re-loading-per-test-method/19232/3 "2007-10-14T05:52:03Z")
Yep, that was it. I didn't notice that line in my test\_helper.rb file. I guess that they are turned on by default when test\_helper.rb was generated. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!