Different db for testing in Django?

Question

DATABASES = {
#    \'default\': {
#        \'ENGINE\': \'postgresql_psycopg2\',
#        ...
#    }

    # for unit tests
    \'default\': {
        \'ENGINE\': \'dj         


        

Answer 1

In your settings.py (or local_settings.py):

import sys
if 'test' in sys.argv:
    DATABASES['default'] = {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': 'mydatabase'
    }