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Ticket #4226: contributing_db_name.diff

File contributing_db_name.diff, 1.0 kB (added by Paul Smith <paulsmith@pobox.com>, 2 years ago)

Added DATABASE_NAME to section on running unit tests

  • docs/contributing.txt

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    396396    ./runtests.py --settings=path.to.django.settings 
    397397 
    398398Yes, the unit tests need a settings module, but only for database connection 
    399 info -- the ``DATABASE_ENGINE``, ``DATABASE_USER`` and ``DATABASE_PASSWORD``. 
    400 You will also need a ``ROOT_URLCONF`` setting (its value is ignored; it just 
    401 needs to be present) and a ``SITE_ID`` setting (any integer value will do) in 
    402 order for all the tests to pass. 
     399info -- the ``DATABASE_ENGINE``, ``DATABASE_NAME``, ``DATABASE_USER`` and 
     400``DATABASE_PASSWORD``.  You will also need a ``ROOT_URLCONF`` setting (its value 
     401is ignored; it just needs to be present) and a ``SITE_ID`` setting (any integer 
     402value will do) in order for all the tests to pass. 
    403403 
    404404The unit tests will not touch your existing databases; they create a new 
    405405database, called ``django_test_db``, which is deleted when the tests are