django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting CACHES, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment varia

Question

I\'ve tried everything that I could find to fix this issue, and I\'m starting to tear my hair out a little. I\'m getting this error:

django.core.exceptions.I         


        

Answer 1

I got this error when I imported TestCase from unittest2. I fixed it by importing TestCase by:

from django.test import TestCase

My suspicions were raised when the test was labelled "Unittest" rather than "Test". I had to run the whole suite before Pycharm realised I'd made this change...