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+import sys, time
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import connection, transaction
+
+# The prefix to put on the default database name when creating
+# the test database.
+TEST_DATABASE_PREFIX = 'test_'
+
+def _set_autocommit(connection):
+    "Make sure a connection is in autocommit mode."
+    if hasattr(connection.connection, "autocommit"):
+        connection.connection.autocommit(True)
+    elif hasattr(connection.connection, "set_isolation_level"):
+        connection.connection.set_isolation_level(0)
+
+def create_test_db(verbosity=1, autoclobber=False):
+    if verbosity >= 1:
+        print "Creating test database..."
+    # If we're using SQLite, it's more convenient to test against an
+    # in-memory database.
+    if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == "sqlite3":
+        TEST_DATABASE_NAME = ":memory:"
+    else:
+        TEST_DATABASE_NAME = TEST_DATABASE_PREFIX + settings.DATABASE_NAME
+        
+        # Create the test database and connect to it. We need to autocommit
+        # if the database supports it because PostgreSQL doesn't allow 
+        # CREATE/DROP DATABASE statements within transactions.
+        cursor = connection.cursor()
+        _set_autocommit(connection)
+        try:
+            cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE %s" % TEST_DATABASE_NAME)
+        except Exception, e:            
+            sys.stderr.write("Got an error creating the test database: %s\n" % e)
+            if not autoclobber:
+                confirm = raw_input("It appears the test database, %s, already exists. Type 'yes' to delete it, or 'no' to cancel: " % TEST_DATABASE_NAME)
+            if autoclobber or confirm == 'yes':
+                try:
+                    if verbosity >= 1:
+                        print "Destroying old test database..."                
+                    cursor.execute("DROP DATABASE %s" % TEST_DATABASE_NAME)
+                    if verbosity >= 1:
+                        print "Creating test database..."
+                    cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE %s" % TEST_DATABASE_NAME)
+                except Exception, e:
+                    sys.stderr.write("Got an error recreating the test database: %s\n" % e)
+                    sys.exit(2)
+            else:
+                print "Tests cancelled."
+                sys.exit(1)
+               
+    connection.close()
+    old_database_name = settings.DATABASE_NAME
+    settings.DATABASE_NAME = TEST_DATABASE_NAME
+
+    # Get a cursor (even though we don't need one yet). This has
+    # the side effect of initializing the test database.
+    cursor = connection.cursor()
+            
+    return old_database_name
+
+def destroy_test_db(old_database_name, verbosity=1):
+    # Unless we're using SQLite, remove the test database to clean up after
+    # ourselves. Connect to the previous database (not the test database)
+    # to do so, because it's not allowed to delete a database while being
+    # connected to it.
+    if verbosity >= 1:
+        print "Destroying test database..."
+    if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE != "sqlite3":
+        connection.close()
+        TEST_DATABASE_NAME = settings.DATABASE_NAME
+        settings.DATABASE_NAME = old_database_name
+        cursor = connection.cursor()
+        _set_autocommit(connection)
+        time.sleep(1) # To avoid "database is being accessed by other users" errors.
+        cursor.execute("DROP DATABASE %s" % TEST_DATABASE_NAME)
+        connection.close()
+