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diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt index f5fd4fe3e6..cbef07bced 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt @@ -379,6 +379,15 @@ control the particular collation used by the test database. See the :doc:`settings documentation </ref/settings>` for details of these advanced settings. +.. admonition:: Finding data from your production database when running tests? + + If your code attempts to access the database when its modules are compiled, + this will occur *before* the test database is set up, with potentially + unexpected results. For example, if you have a database query in + module-level code and a real database exists, production data could pollute + your tests. *It is a bad idea to have such import-time database queries in + your code* anyway - rewrite your code so that it doesn't do this. + .. _topics-testing-masterslave: Testing master/slave configurations |