Testing Django apps that use South migrations

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I'm trying to create some Functional tests for a Django app that uses South migrations.
Eventually, I will also be creating Twill tests.

When I try to run the existing tests, the test database is not created successfully because of a problem with the South migrations. ( Fails @ 7th of 58 migrations )

It would seem that for the purpose of testing, it's better to build the test database from the Django models, like a syncdb would, than from South.

How do I set up the Django test suite to build the test database from the current model vs. trying to use South?

But... but your test is failing? What if someone needs to upgrade from your migrations? They can't. Can't you fix the migrations? — , Nov 20 '14 at 23:11

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '12 at 04:51

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The South setting SOUTH_TESTS_MIGRATE controls this behaviour.

Add this line to your settings.py file:

SOUTH_TESTS_MIGRATE = False

edited Sep 02 '12 at 04:51

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answered Apr 06 '11 at 20:31

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Don't you love it when you find an unexpected problem but then the developers already thought of it and included an easy fix? – Jan 15 '14 at 16:03

Testing Django apps that use South migrations

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