Enable integrity checking with sqlite in django

Question

In my django project, I use mysql db for production, and sqlite for tests.

Problem is, some of my code rely on model integrity checking. It works well with mysql, bu

Answer 1

So, if finally found the correct answer. All I had to do was to add this code in the __init__.py file in one of my installed app:

from django.db.backends.signals import connection_created


def activate_foreign_keys(sender, connection, **kwargs):
    """Enable integrity constraint with sqlite."""
    if connection.vendor == 'sqlite':
        cursor = connection.cursor()
        cursor.execute('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;')

connection_created.connect(activate_foreign_keys)