gistfile1.rb

Fabricator(:state) do
  name { Faker::Address.city }
end

Fabricator(:city) do
  state #{ Fabricate(:state) }
  name { Faker::Address.city }
end



1.9.3-p125 :005 > Fabricate(:city)


   (0.5ms)  BEGIN
  SQL (1.1ms)  INSERT INTO "states" ("bands_count", "created_at", "name", "updated_at") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4) RETURNING "id"  [["bands_count", 0], ["created_at", Sun, 13 May 2012 06:36:02 UTC +00:00], ["name", "North Elliot"], ["updated_at", Sun, 13 May 2012 06:36:02 UTC +00:00]]
  SQL (0.9ms)  INSERT INTO "cities" ("bands_count", "created_at", "name", "state_id", "updated_at") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5) RETURNING "id"  [["bands_count", 0], ["created_at", Sun, 13 May 2012 06:36:02 UTC +00:00], ["name", "Rowlandview"], ["state_id", nil], ["updated_at", Sun, 13 May 2012 06:36:02 UTC +00:00]]
   (28.0ms)  COMMIT


 => #<City id: 9, state_id: nil, name: "Rowlandview", bands_count: 0, created_at: "2012-05-13 06:36:02", updated_at: "2012-05-13 06:36:02">