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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DatabaseHelpers
+  # In order to directly work with views using factories,
+  # we can swapout the view for a table of identical structure.
+  def swapout_view_for_table(view)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(<<~SQL)
+      CREATE TABLE #{view}_copy (LIKE #{view});
+      DROP VIEW #{view};
+      ALTER TABLE #{view}_copy RENAME TO #{view};
+    SQL
+  end
+end