我创建了一个函数,让我轻松断言我的两个数据集是相等的.

PRotected function assertDataSetEquals(
        $ExpectedXMLFileName,array $options = array()) {

    $model  = (isset($options['model'])) ?
        $options['model'] :
        $this->_object;
    $excludeColumns = (isset($options['excludeColumns'])) ?
        $options['excludeColumns'] :
        null;

    $ds = new Zend_test_PHPUnit_Db_DataSet_DbTableDataSet();
    $ds->addTable($model);

    $dsFiltered = (isset($excludeColumns)) ?
        $this->filterColumns($model,$ds,$excludeColumns) :
        $ds;

    $this->assertDataSetsEqual(
        $this->createFlatXMLDataSet(
            APPLICATION_PATH 
            . '/../tests/fixtures/models/'
                . $ExPEctedXMLFileName . '.xml'
        ),$dsFiltered
    );
}

以及一个返回过滤数据集的私有函数.

private function filterColumns(
        $model,$dataSet,$excludeColumns) {

    $dsFiltered = 
        new PHPUnit_extensions_Database_DataSet_DataSetFilter($dataSet);
    $dsFiltered->setExcludeColumnsForTable(
            $model->getName(),$excludeColumns
        );

    return $dsFiltered;
}

现在比较两个数据集,同时排除任何列我只是这样做.

$this->assertDataSetEquals(
            'TableWithTimestampIWantToIgnoreUpdate',array('excludeColumns'=>array('timestamp','id'))
        );

这使得测试与具有时间戳列的表对应的模型更加容易/更简洁.