diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1377554..7d329d1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *.swp
+test.db
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 8fa5c2b..1f0736d 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,34 @@ require 'activerecord'
 require 'factory_girl'
 require 'shoulda'
 
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
+  :adapter  => 'sqlite3',
+  :database => File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'test.db')
+)
+
+class CreateSchema < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :users, :force => true do |t|
+      t.string :first_name
+      t.string :last_name
+      t.string :email
+    end
+
+    create_table :posts, :force => true do |t|
+      t.string  :title
+      t.integer :author_id
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+CreateSchema.suppress_messages { CreateSchema.migrate(:up) }
+
+class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validates_presence_of :first_name, :last_name, :email
+  has_many :posts, :foreign_key => 'author_id'
+end
+
+class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validates_presence_of :title, :author_id
+  belongs_to :author, :class_name => 'User'
+end