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| author | Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com> | 2007-05-08 02:33:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com> | 2007-05-08 02:33:10 +0000 |
| commit | 00d2fb7e70580d742e37992d4bd83d58aa0018d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a6e990639608586e21a06943afec529b17f07fa /docs | |
| parent | a374bf9d509ddb4b47320990ac18e707f66be13b (diff) | |
Fixed #4226 -- Added DATABASE_NAME to the list of settings required to be
mentioned in the settings file for the tests to run. Thanks, Paul Smith.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@5160 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/contributing.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/contributing.txt b/docs/contributing.txt index 1d2b635b76..d05c166b37 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.txt +++ b/docs/contributing.txt @@ -396,10 +396,11 @@ To run the tests, ``cd`` to the ``tests/`` directory and type:: ./runtests.py --settings=path.to.django.settings Yes, the unit tests need a settings module, but only for database connection -info -- the ``DATABASE_ENGINE``, ``DATABASE_USER`` and ``DATABASE_PASSWORD``. -You will also need a ``ROOT_URLCONF`` setting (its value is ignored; it just -needs to be present) and a ``SITE_ID`` setting (any integer value will do) in -order for all the tests to pass. +info -- the ``DATABASE_NAME`` (required, but will be ignored), +``DATABASE_ENGINE``, ``DATABASE_USER`` and ``DATABASE_PASSWORD`` settings. You +will also need a ``ROOT_URLCONF`` setting (its value is ignored; it just needs +to be present) and a ``SITE_ID`` setting (any integer value will do) in order +for all the tests to pass. The unit tests will not touch your existing databases; they create a new database, called ``django_test_db``, which is deleted when the tests are |