Ticket #11777: 11777.diff

docs/ref/settings.txt

@@ -227 +227 @@
 The port to use when connecting to the database. An empty string means the
 default port. Not used with SQLite.
 
+.. setting:: DATABASE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS
+
+DATABASE_SUPPORTS_TRANSACTIONS
+------------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.1
+
+Default: ``None`` (Set during test database creation by ``create_test_db`` in
+``django/db/backends/creation.py`` based on whether a call to rollback actually
+has the effect of rolling back an uncommitted insert)
+
+A boolean that controls whether Django runs tests in a transaction which is
+rolled back when finished, instead of by flushing and re-populating the
+database. Some testing frameworks such as `nose`_ don't use call this method
+so you will need to set this setting manually.
+
+.. _nose: http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/
+
 .. setting:: DATABASE_USER
 
 DATABASE_USER