Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Fixtures

Timestamp:

Aug 16, 2009, 1:41:55 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

md@…

Comment:

Hints about Fixture loading paths

Fixtures

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-== Fixtures ==
+= Fixtures =
 
 ''It is very simple example, please, read something more complex if you need.'' 
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 }}}
 
+== Fixture loading ==
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+The location where Django loads a fixture from might seem unintuitive. As with template files the fixtures off all applications in a project share the same namespace. If you follow [source:django/trunk/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py?rev=9770#L79 loaddata.py] you see that Django searches for {{{ *appnames*/fixtures }}} and {{{ settings.FIXTURE_DIRS }}}  and loads the first match. So if you use names like {{{ testdata.json }}} for your fixtures you must make sour that no other active application uses a fixture with the same name. If not, you can never be sure what fixtures you actually load.
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+Therefore it is suggested that you prefix your fixtures wit the application names, e.g. {{{ myapp/fixtures/myapp_testdata.json }}}.
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