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4226	Running Django unit tests requires DATABASE_NAME setting despite what the docs. say	Paul Smith <paulsmith@…>	Jacob	"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.
}}}
"		closed	Documentation	dev		fixed	contributing database_name settings		Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0