Hello Phil, Thanks for the answer. I already know about how to separate settings between development and production; but that's not what I'm trying to do and I couldn't find how to adapt for separating settings between development and test-time. That is, I haven't found any way to make './ manage.py test' pick a different settings file or be able to customize settings. Do you know how?
Now, regarding the reason I want to customize MEDIA_ROOT; it's to be able to locate the files referred to by FileFields. Whether I do it modifying it at run time or with a settings files I don't care because it's just for a test, it's not for production. As long as it works I'm ok. Thanks. On Apr 22, 4:39 pm, Phil Mocek <pmocek-list-django-us...@mocek.org> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:29:38PM -0700, J. Pablo Fern?ndez wrote: > > I need to change MEDIA_ROOT while running tests, so that the files > > pointed to in fixtures in ImageFields can be found. [...] Any ideas > > how can I achieve this? > > I assume you've already searched the Web with terms like "django > multiple settings," "django alternative settings," and "django > development settings." Among the top results returned by Google are: > > "Django settings files for development and production - Martin Jansen" > <http://martinjansen.com/2008/10/20/django-settings-files-for-developm...> > > "Multiple django configurations for development and production ..." > <http://www.bearfruit.org/blog/2008/05/28/multiple-django-configuratio...> > > "Ninjacipher » Blog Archive » django alternate development settings ..." > <http://www.ninjacipher.com/2008/03/02/django-alternate-development-se...> > > So that subscribers to this list can better assist you, please tell us > what you learned from the information that is easily found on the Web, > and what you have already tried based on that information. > > Also, as you're probably a considerate person who respects other > people's time, it should be safe to assume that before you asked your > question on this list, you searched the list archives to determine > whether the topic has previously been discussed (because you'd be > wasting your time and that of other subscribers if you brought it up > again for any reason other than extending the discussion or requesting > clarification). > > When I search <http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/> for > "testing settings", the *second* result is: > > "media directory for testing" > <http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_frm/thread/1e8ac12...> > > How did the answers people already provided to Faheem Mitha's 2007 > question work out for you? > > > I've tried settings.MEDIA_ROOT = "blah" in the test method and in the > > setUp method but still it tries to find the file in the wrong > > location. > > Since you're having difficulty making Django settings work the way you > want, I assume you've thoroughly read the related documentation: > > <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.0/topics/settings/> > > In section "Altering settings at runtime" of that document: > <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.0/topics/settings/#altering-settin...> > > is written: > > >> You shouldn't alter settings in your applications at runtime. For > >> example, don't do this in a view: > > >> from django.conf import settings > > >> settings.DEBUG = True # Don't do this! > > >> The only place you should assign to settings is in a settings file. > > What was your rationale for trying to do *precisely* what the Django > authors told you not to do? > > See also: <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>, > particularly this section: > <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm> > > -- > Phil Mocek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
