Re: django testing: adapt some vars in settings.py if testing

There was a great solution to this posted just yesterday ...

import sys
if 'runserver' in sys.argv:
DEBUG = True
else:
DEBUG = False

... which suggests

if 'test' in sys.argv:
do this

On 24/11/2011 9:53am, Gelonida N wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just started reading about django testing.
>
> Now I have a small question.
>
> Whe running tests I would like to change a few variables in settings.py,
> but keep all the rest identical.
>
> Example:
> - I might like ot change the media directory
> - I might like to use another db engine
>
>
> How can I achieve this best.
>
> The idea, that I have, but that feels a little clumsy is:
> create a test_settings.py file.
>
> test_settings.py will just impoert everything from settings.py
> and then override the values it wants to.
>
>
> Somehow I would prefer if settings.py could contain a few if statements
> of the kind.
>
> if testing:
> dothis
> else:
> dothat
>
> and if I could just type
> ./manage.py test
>
> Is this possible?
> How do you handle such setups?
>

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