# Fixtures subdirectories

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-subdirectories/134078>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 7, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-subdirectories/134078 "2008-04-07T17:15:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@bhus](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bhus)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fixtures-subdirectories/134078/1 "2008-04-07T17:15:17Z")

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I have been working with testing and fixtures for the last week, and  
have come to a seeming realization that rails will only load fixtures  
from one directory per each test file (this seems a little un-DRY to  
me). Am I wrong in my assumption; can it be done? If not, is this  
intentional?

/Brad.