Hitting the database or not, using fixtures introduces coupling into your test suite that's often more trouble than it's worth. http://interblah.net/the-proble

Hitting the database or not, using fixtures introduces coupling into your test suite that's often more trouble than it's worth. http://interblah.net/the-problem-with-using-fixtures-in-rails http://interblah.net/the-problem-with-using-fixtures-in-rail...