Different db for testing in Django?

Question

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

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


        

Answer 1

Though this is already solved...

If your database for tests is just a normal DB:

I think you are not doing unit test since you rely in the database. Anyway, django contains a test type for that (not unitary): django.test.TestCase

You need to derive from django.test.TestCase instead of unittest.TestCase that will create a fresh rehershal database for you that will be destroyed when the test end.

There are interesting explanations/tips about testing with db in the following link
Testing Django Applications