> You essentially utilize a schema as a namespace and destroy it when tests are complete (as opposed to the “public” default schema) Unless you rely on schemas

> You essentially utilize a schema as a namespace and destroy it when tests are complete (as opposed to the “public” default schema) Unless you rely on schemas as static namespaces in your code (even if the schemas your code expects includes the "public" common schema). I prefer using dedicated schemas for dedicated micro-apps/services/components. Say, one for the event log, one for the (business) metadata, one for the reports. > This way you don’t need to worry about provisioning a stand-alone db for each test run Practically, `CREATE DATABASE tmp_xxx; \c tmp_xxx` isn't much different from `CREATE SCHEMA tmp_xxx; SET search_path TO tmp_xxx, public;`. They both do essentially the same thing when the dust settles. But the latter requires migrations to be applied to the new schema, while the former allows you to short-circuit that with a simple `CREATE DATABASE tmp_xxx FROM TEMPLATE seeded_test_db`.