On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Will Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew, > > Running 'manage.py test' will create new tables, but not a new > database. It can't create a new database, since it doesn't know what > settings to use for that new database. However, your data stored in > your database won't get overwritten since you will be using a > temporary table.
Close, but not quite. Django uses SQL statements to create the test database (CREATE DATABASE test_foo). However, in order to do this, it needs to have an open connection to a database, and it uses the production database to get that connection. Essentially, the test system uses the production database to bootstrap the creation of the test database. So - even though the test system doesn't use the production database, the production database needs to exist in order to create the test database. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
