--- /dev/null
+require 'test/unit'
+
+plugin_test_dir = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+
+# Load the Rails environment
+require File.join(plugin_test_dir, '../../../../config/environment')
+require 'active_record/fixtures'
+databases = YAML::load(IO.read(plugin_test_dir + '/database.yml'))
+ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(plugin_test_dir + "/debug.log")
+
+# A specific database can be used by setting the DB environment variable
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(databases[ENV['DB'] || 'mysql'])
+
+# Load the test schema into the database
+load(File.join(plugin_test_dir, 'schema.rb'))
+
+# Load fixtures from the plugin
+Test::Unit::TestCase.fixture_path = File.join(plugin_test_dir, 'fixtures/')
\ No newline at end of file