I updated my database.yml file to look like so:
test:
adapter: postgresql
encoding: unicode
database: startpoint_test
hostname: localhost
pool: 5
username: postgres
password: password
development:
adapter: postgresql
encoding: unicode
database: startpoint_dev
pool: 5
username: postgres
password: password
And now it seems when I run my application, and sign up a new user the development database does not get a new user inserted into it ...
The tests all pass for signing up a new user
Have you tried using
rake db:create:all
and then
rake db:test:prepare