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diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt index 78590ddb2b..795f041fb9 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt @@ -1237,6 +1237,15 @@ documentation<dumpdata>` for more details. Fixtures with other names can always be installed manually using the :djadmin:`manage.py loaddata<loaddata>` command. +.. admonition:: Initial SQL data and testing + + Django provides a second way to insert initial data into models -- + the :ref:`custom SQL hook <initial-sql>`. However, this technique + *cannot* be used to provide initial data for testing purposes. + Django's test framework flushes the contents of the test database + after each test; as a result, any data added using the custom SQL + hook will be lost. + Once you've created a fixture and placed it in a ``fixtures`` directory in one of your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`, you can use it in your unit tests by specifying a ``fixtures`` class attribute on your :class:`django.test.TestCase` |