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+juggling = require('../index')
+Schema = juggling.Schema
+Text = Schema.Text
+
+DBNAME = process.env.DBNAME || 'myapp_test'
+DBUSER = process.env.DBUSER || 'root'
+DBPASS = ''
+DBENGINE = process.env.DBENGINE || 'postgres'
+
+require('./spec_helper').init module.exports
+
+schema = new Schema DBENGINE, database: '', username: DBUSER, password: DBPASS
+schema.log = (q) -> console.log q
+
+query = (sql, cb) ->
+  schema.adapter.query sql, cb
+
+User = schema.define 'User',
+  email: { type: String, null: false, index: true }
+  name: String
+  bio: Text
+  password: String
+  birthDate: Date
+  pendingPeriod: Number
+  createdByAdmin: Boolean
+
+withBlankDatabase = (cb) ->
+  db = schema.settings.database = DBNAME
+  query 'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS ' + db, (err) ->
+    query 'CREATE DATABASE ' + db, cb
+
+getColumnDescriptions = (model, cb)->
+  query "SELECT column_name, data_type, is_nullable, column_default FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE table_name = '#{model}'", (err, res)->
+    if err
+      cb err
+    else
+      fields = {}
+      fields[entry.column_name] = entry for entry in res
+      cb err, fields
+
+it 'should run migration', (test)->
+  withBlankDatabase (err)->
+    schema.automigrate ->
+      getColumnDescriptions 'User', (err, fields)->
+        test.deepEqual fields,
+          id:
+              column_name: 'id'
+              data_type: 'integer'
+              is_nullable: 'NO'
+              column_default: 'nextval(\'"User_id_seq"\'::regclass)'
+          email:
+              column_name: 'email'
+              data_type: 'character varying'
+              is_nullable: 'NO'
+              column_default: null
+          name:
+              column_name: 'name'
+              data_type: 'character varying'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+          bio:
+              column_name: 'bio'
+              data_type: 'text'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+          password:
+              column_name: 'password'
+              data_type: 'character varying'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+          birthDate:
+              column_name: 'birthDate'
+              data_type: 'timestamp without time zone'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+          pendingPeriod:
+              column_name: 'pendingPeriod'
+              data_type: 'integer'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+          createdByAdmin:
+              column_name: 'createdByAdmin'
+              data_type: 'boolean'
+              is_nullable: 'YES'
+              column_default: null
+        test.done()
+
+it 'should autoupdate', (test) ->
+  getColumnDescriptions 'User', (err, fields)->
+
+  userExists = (cb) ->
+    query 'SELECT * FROM "User"', (err, res) ->
+      cb(not err and res[0].email == 'test@example.com')
+
+  User.create email: 'test@example.com', (err, user) ->
+    test.ok not err, "error occurred while creating User: #{err}"
+    userExists (yep) ->
+      test.ok yep, 'userExists returned false'
+      User.defineProperty 'email', type: String
+      User.defineProperty 'createdByAdmin', type: String
+      User.defineProperty 'newProperty', type: Number
+      User.defineProperty 'pendingPeriod', false
+      schema.autoupdate (err) ->
+        getColumnDescriptions 'User', (err, fields) ->
+          # email should now be nullable
+          test.equal fields.email.is_nullable, 'YES', "email's nullability did not change to nullable"
+          # change type of createdByAdmin
+          test.equal fields.createdByAdmin.data_type, 'character varying', "createdByAdmin's data type did not change"
+          # new column should be added
+          test.ok fields.newProperty, 'New column was not added'
+          if fields.newProperty
+            test.equal fields.newProperty.data_type, 'integer', 'New column type is not integer'
+          # pendingPeriod should be dropped
+          test.ok not fields.pendingPeriod, 'pendingPeriod was not dropped'
+
+          # user should still exist 
+          userExists (yep) ->
+            test.ok yep, 'user does not still exist after update'
+            test.done()
+
+it 'should check actuality of schema', (test) ->
+  # drop column
+  User.schema.isActual (err, ok) ->
+    test.ok ok, "User is not actual before schema is modified"
+    User.defineProperty 'email', false
+    User.schema.isActual (err, ok) ->
+      test.ok not ok, "User should not be actual after schema is modified"
+      test.done()
+
+it 'should disconnect when done', (test)->
+  schema.disconnect()
+  test.done()