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Ticket #4226 (closed: fixed)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 1 year ago

Running Django unit tests requires DATABASE_NAME setting despite what the docs. say

Reported by: Paul Smith <paulsmith@pobox.com> Assigned to: jacob
Milestone: Component: Documentation
Version: SVN Keywords: contributing database_name settings
Cc: Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: 1 Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 Patch needs improvement: 0

Description

The 'Contributing to Django' docs say that DATABASE_ENGINE , DATABASE_USER , and DATABASE_PASSWORD settings are required to running Django's unit tests, but DATABASE_NAME is also required. 

$ ./runtests.py --settings=settings
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./runtests.py", line 154, in <module>
    django_tests(int(options.verbosity), args)
  File "./runtests.py", line 127, in django_tests
    failures = run_tests(test_models, verbosity, extra_tests=extra_tests)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/test/simple.py", line 81, in run_tests
    create_test_db(verbosity)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/test/utils.py", line 62, in create_test_db
    cursor = connection.cursor()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/base.py", line 71, in cursor
    raise ImproperlyConfigured, "You need to specify DATABASE_NAME in your Django settings file."  
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You need to specify DATABASE_NAME in your Django settings file.

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contributing_db_name.diff (1.0 kB) - added by Paul Smith <paulsmith@pobox.com> on 05/05/07 17:44:45.
Added DATABASE_NAME to section on running unit tests

Change History

05/05/07 17:44:45 changed by Paul Smith <paulsmith@pobox.com>

  • attachment contributing_db_name.diff added.

Added DATABASE_NAME to section on running unit tests

05/05/07 23:21:03 changed by Simon G. <dev@simon.net.nz>

  • needs_better_patch changed.
  • stage changed from Unreviewed to Ready for checkin.
  • summary changed from [patch] Running Django unit tests requires DATABASE_NAME setting to Running Django unit tests requires DATABASE_NAME setting despite what the docs. say.
  • needs_tests changed.
  • needs_docs changed.

05/07/07 21:33:10 changed by mtredinnick

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [5160]) Fixed #4226 -- Added DATABASE_NAME to the list of settings required to be mentioned in the settings file for the tests to run. Thanks, Paul Smith.

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