test suite assertion: 0 == 1 is true?

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I must be missing something fundamental. In the test code below, the assertion should fail unless WebPageCache.count == 1. But WebPageCache.count is zero (according to the print statement and all other evidence), yet the assertion passes.

What am I missing?

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Did you try WebPageCache.count.to_i == 1 or WebPageCache.count == '1' ?

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Greg Donald wrote:

Did you try WebPageCache.count.to_i == 1 or WebPageCache.count == '1' ?

For grins, yes. No change.

But I'm beginning to guess: are the db tables rolled back between EVERY call to test? I thought they were rolled back at the end of the test run, not between every test.

Asked another way: if web_page_caches starts as empty, what are the expected results in the following?

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between every test (or rather each test runs inside a transaction which is rolled back). There should be no leakage of state from one test to another.

Fred