How to test 500.html error page in django development env?

Question

I am using Django for a project and is already in production.

In the production environment 500.html is rendered whenever a server error occurs.

How do I tes

Answer 1

And if you want to use the default Django 500 view instead of your custom view:

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += patterns('',
        (r'^500/$', 'django.views.defaults.server_error'),
        (r'^404/$', 'django.views.generic.simple.direct_to_template', {'template': '404.html'}),
    )