id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
25899	manage.py tests requires database creation privileges	JorisBenschop	nobody	"From 
{{{
#https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/testing/overview/#the-test-database
By default the test databases get their names by prepending test_ to the value of the NAME settings for the databases defined in DATABASES. 
}}}

I guess this works great on sqlite and my homegrown postgres machine, but I'm developing applications on Oracle RAC clusters, and I hope you can see this is not an environment I'd be allowed to create databases on. The database schemas are rather complex (using things like RAW(16) primary keys and reference-based partitioning) and I'm not allowing Django to make the tables itself. 

I have been unable to find a workaround in documentation (e.g. --use-this-database-instead-of-creating-one= and --assume-models-are-present ). If this exists, please change this ticket into a documentation request instead.

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