How to run NUnit test fixtures serially?

Question

I have several suites of integration tests implemented in C#/NUNit. Each test suite is a separate class, each fixture setup creates and populates a SQL Server database from scripts. This all used to work just fine prior to Resharper 5.1.

Unfortunately, Resharper 5.1 begins to run several fixtures at the same time. This is a breaking change - they are all attempting to create and populate the same database, which obviously ends up in an mess. Is there any way I could have Resharper run my test fixtures serially?

If not, what would you suggest to run my NUnit test fixtures serially, one fixture at a time? The order in which individual tests run does not matter.

Solution 1

I don't know whether it is possible to prevent ReSharper from running tests in parallel; if not, the following hack might work: Create a static class with a static readonly Monitor member. Then, in [TestFixtureSetUp], call Enter() on the monitor, and call Exit() on the monitor in [TestFixtureTearDown]. That way, only one test fixture will be allowed to run at a time. Not pretty, though...

Solution 2

Are you sure about this ? I just tried this out.. by putting a trace of the following form in tests in 3 diff NUnit fixtures followed by a "Run all". Doesn't seem to be running in parallel.

Trace.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss.ffff") + "VC:Start");
Trace.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss.ffff") + "VC:Done");

Output I see is : (R# Build 5.1.1753.1)

01:06:41.6639IOC
01:06:41.6649Done - IOC

01:06:41.6679VC:Start
01:06:41.6729VC:Done

01:06:41.2439Mef
01:06:41.6589Mef-Done