Changes between Version 229 and Version 230 of BackwardsIncompatibleChanges

Timestamp:

Aug 11, 2008, 7:38:48 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Russell Keith-Magee

Comment:

Added a note on the test utility methods that were affected by [8296]

BackwardsIncompatibleChanges

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  * The DB shell, previously accessed using `django.db.runshell()` is now available on the database connection as`connection.client.runshell()`.
 
-In addition, any user that is maintaining an external database backend will need to update their code to use the new interface. The new class-based approach should make backend development much easier, as common behavior can be inherited from the base classes in django.db.backends; only database-specific behavior should require implementation.
+Users that have written custom test runners will also be affected; the `create_test_db()` and `destroy_test_db()` helper methods (plus a few other methods utilized by these two) have been moved into the database backend as part of the creation interface. You can access these methods using `connection.creation.create_test_db()` and `connection.creation.destroy_test_db()`
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+Lastly, any user that is maintaining an external database backend will need to update their code to use the new interface. The new class-based approach should make backend development much easier, as common behavior can be inherited from the base classes in django.db.backends; only database-specific behavior should require implementation.