Stopping Tests in Code

How do I stop a list of tests from executing, in code, if the first one fails?

I have a large list of unit tests that need to be run against a project, these tests should not be run in full unless the database has been rebuilt. So, I want to check the database is empty and, if it isn't, abandon all further tests in the list.

Obviously, checking the database is easy, but I cannot find any way of stopping the rest of the test list from executing in code.

Any ideas?

Hey,

Rather than do that, use an Initialize method either at the start of all the unit tests, or have it run on a per test basis:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...attribute.aspx

or

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...attribute.aspx

Hope that helps!!

Gary

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Originally Posted by gep13

Hope that helps!!

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Yes it does, thanks.
In fact, it has given me an idea. I can check that the tables that have to be empty are, and if they are not, I can empty them there and then.

Then re-run the delete stuff again in the Cleanup method, just to make sure.

Or, I could just trust the testers to follow instructions ... maybe not.

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Originally Posted by GlenW

Or, I could just trust the testers to follow instructions ... maybe not.

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Now that would just be silly :)

Sounds like you have got the idea though. I would tend to have one method that blanks the entire database back to a known state, and then call that regardless before each test.

Gary