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Preparing an Oracle GeoDjango test setup
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Since GeoDjango requires full featured Oracle installation instead of XE this document
is meant to ease up installation and testing GeoDjango parts.

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Prerequisities
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On host machine:
 - Install Oracle client and set it up as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/databases/#oracle-notes
 - Install GeoDjango requirements as documented in https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/contrib/gis/install/

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How to get full Oracle 
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Easiest way is to use Oracle VirtualBox with prebuilt Oracle installation VM. We will be using the VM as a database server only.

#. Download and install **Oracle VirtualBox** from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html or use package manager from your system.
#. Download **Oracle Developer Day** image from http://download.oracle.com/otn/other/virtualbox/dd/Oracle_Developer_Day.ova
#. Use VirtualBox to launch the image

 **NOTE: You may not use Oracle Developer Day VM for any other purposes than testing**

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Database setup
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On virtual machine:

#. Create a user and give the needed privileges::

    $ sudo su oracle
    $ sqlplus / as sysdba
    SQL> CREATE USER djangotest IDENTIFIED BY djangotest;
    SQL> GRANT DBA TO djangotest;
    SQL> quit
    $ exit

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Run tests
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On host:

#. Create geodjango_oracle.py settings file (change IP to one that is reported in VM console)::

    TEST_RUNNER = 'django.contrib.gis.tests.GeoDjangoTestSuiteRunner'

    DATABASES = {
        'default' : {
                'ENGINE' : 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.oracle',
                'PORT' : '1521',
                'HOST' : 'VM IP',
                'NAME' : 'orcl',
                'USER' : 'djangotest',
                'PASSWORD' : 'djangotest',
        },
    }
    SECRET_KEY = 'xxxxx'

#. Run tests::

    django-admin.py test --settings=geodjango_oracle
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