Running django tests with sqlite

Question

I use Postgres for production and development, but I\'d like to use sqlite to run some tests. I don\'t see an easy way to configure one engine for tests and another for dev

Answer 1

Append the following lines in your settings:

import sys
if 'test' in sys.argv or 'test_coverage' in sys.argv: #Covers regular testing and django-coverage
    DATABASES['default']['ENGINE'] = 'django.db.backends.sqlite3'

Make sure your actual database setting comes before them.