# Teardown

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teardown/147284>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 30, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teardown/147284 "2008-08-30T08:33:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teardown/147284/1 "2008-08-30T08:33:48Z")

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Hi  
Could u please tell how I can call rake db:test:prepare from the test  
file I tried like below but not working

def teardown  
system("#{rake db:test:prepare}")  
end

Thanks in advance  
Sijo

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**Author:** ![sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@sijo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sijo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2008, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/teardown/147284/2 "2008-08-30T08:57:48Z")

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Please only post on one forum / mailing list at a time. Some people  
here will answer both, not realising you are two people.

Your second post is here:  
[http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=73631#73631](http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=73631#73631)