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Django - Testing with parts of original database

Hello everyone,

My database has two types of entries: The very dynamic (users, comments, etc) and the more static (email templates, flat-pages).

During testing I want a clean DB but with the real 'semi-static' data.

Is there a way to make Django's testing system to load parts of the original DB ?

Thanks

+2  A: 

Use fixtures.

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/fixtures/

Put data you need into fixtures and they will be loaded every time test database is built.

gruszczy  2010-03-16 10:23:14
Not sure I understand how I dynamically get that data from the real db. Do I need to manually create them every time ? Or is there a way to make the tests auto-extract them ?
Murkin  2010-03-16 10:53:11
No, create a simple python script, that will select required data from the database and then build fixtures. Those fixtures will be inserted into the test database every time it is created.
gruszczy  2010-03-16 11:28:08

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