My fixtures won't load unless I name them "initial_data". What is the reason for this?
On Aug 26, 7:02 pm, "Russell Keith-Magee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:18 PM, dchandek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > After several iterations of running tests on an application (manage.py > > test myapp), I have these observations which are not really clear in > > the documentation: > > > 1. All initial_datafixtures(not just those for the tested app) are > > always loaded into the test database. > > Yes, by design. If you don't want this to happen, reconsider whether > your data is actually initial data. > > > 2. Because there is no means to specifyfixturesfor doctests, you > > must have an initial_data fixture to run model doctests against the > > test database if existing data is required for the tests. (The > > documentation simply says 'Each doctest begins with a "blank slate" — > > a fresh database containing an empty table for each model.') > > That documentation isn't completely correct - it needs to be slightly > reworded. doctests do no special setup - that means they inherit > whatever database conditions are present when they execute. If there > is only 1 doctest, this means a clean test database with initial data > loaded; if there are other tests, there could be leftover detritus > from other tests. > > However, regardingfixturesin doctests: See #5624 and #8138. > > > 3. Loading specificfixturesin django.test.TestCase instances is not > > echoed to stdout. (The documentation is clear that the test database > > is flushed before each test.) > > Why should they be echoed? If you have 200 tests, you don't want 200 > lines to output saying "loaded fixture X". Your test declares the > fixture that has been loaded; you only get output (and error output at > that) if the fixture fails to load. > > > 4. django.test.TestCase effectively reloads initial_datafixtureswith > > every test because it calls the flush command. > > Again, by design. Why shouldn't it? > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
