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!1 Symbols: Passing Data Between Test Tables
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Sometimes you want to pass information between test tables. Let's say you added a record to a database, and the database automatically generated a key to that record. And lets say that in another table you wanted to use that key to fetch the record back. You can use ''symbols'' for this.
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!|SaveRecordInDatabase|
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|name|date |=key? |
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|Bob |today|bobKey |
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|Bill|later|billKey|
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In this table two records are added to the database. The keys for each record are saved in symbols named ''bobKey'' and ''billKey''. The ''=key?'' header indicates that the output of the ''key()'' method of the fixture is to be stored in a symbol whose name is in the cell.
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!|FetchRecordsFromDatabase|
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|key= |fetch()|name|date |
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|billKey|true |Bill|later|
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|bobKey |true |Bob |today|
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In this table the two keys are used to fetch the database records. The ''key='' header indicates that the value of the symbol whose name is in the cell should be stored in the ''key'' variable of the fixture.
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