don't load migrations more than once when running all specs (and surpressing migration output to improve readability)

spec/database.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+ActiveRecord::Migration.suppress_messages do
+  %w{gates readers writers transients simples simple_new_dsls no_scopes thieves localizer_test_models persisted_states provided_and_persisted_states}.each do |table_name|
+    ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table table_name, :force => true do |t|
+      t.string "aasm_state"
+    end
+  end
+
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table "validators", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "status"
+  end
+
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table "transactors", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "status"
+    t.integer "worker_id"
+  end
+
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table "workers", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "status"
+  end
+
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table "invalid_persistors", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "status"
+  end
+
+  ActiveRecord::Migration.create_table "fathers", :force => true do |t|
+    t.string "aasm_state"
+    t.string "type"
+  end
+end

spec/schema.rb

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 0) do
-
-  %w{gates readers writers transients simples simple_new_dsls no_scopes thieves localizer_test_models persisted_states provided_and_persisted_states}.each do |table_name|
-    create_table table_name, :force => true do |t|
-      t.string "aasm_state"
-    end
-  end
-
-  create_table "validators", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string "name"
-    t.string "status"
-  end
-
-  create_table "transactors", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string "name"
-    t.string "status"
-    t.integer "worker_id"
-  end
-
-  create_table "workers", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string "name"
-    t.string "status"
-  end
-
-  create_table "invalid_persistors", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string "name"
-    t.string "status"
-  end
-
-  create_table "fathers", :force => true do |t|
-    t.string "aasm_state"
-    t.string "type"
-  end
-
-end

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def load_schema
   config = YAML::load(IO.read(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/database.yml'))
   ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/debug.log")
   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(config['sqlite3'])
-  load(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/schema.rb")
+  require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/database.rb"
 end
 
 # custom spec helpers