Rails has recently (in SVN) moved to a modularized Rakefile. This causes me some trouble as I need to change the tasks executed before unit/functional tests are run. :test_units as well as :test_functional depend on :clone_structure_to_test. The latter sets up the test database as a structural copy of the development database. Copying includes foreign key constraints present in the development database. Unfortunately, there is no way I can order loading (and deletion) of fixtures so that foreign key constraints are satisfied. Therefore I grudgingly used to create the test db from a definition file lacking these constraints. Now, without being able to change the :clone_structure_to_test task directly, I'm looking for a way to either remove it as a prerequisite from the test tasks or overwrite it. So far, I've only found ways to add prerequisites and add blocks that are processes for a task. Is there a way to do what I need? Michael -- Michael Schuerig Face reality and stare it down mailto:michael / schuerig.de --Jethro Tull, Silver River Turning http://www.schuerig.de/michael/