# Seeding database data for tests

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/seeding-database-data-for-tests/14855>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** ecto, testing, seed\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/seeding-database-data-for-tests/14855 "2018-06-25T17:45:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![fireproofsocks](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/fireproofsocks/32/7669_2.png) [@fireproofsocks](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/fireproofsocks)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/seeding-database-data-for-tests/14855/5 "2018-06-25T18:37:55Z")

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Interesting… but that generates random data. I’m really needing to seed specific data for some pretty specific tests… especially when some of the end-to-end tests in our architecture are further downstream.

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