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

I would suggest using -k or --keepdb -Flag when running manage.py test and the following setting:

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
        'NAME': 'DBNAME',
        'USER': 'DBNAME',
        'PASSWORD': 'DBNAME',
        'HOST': 'localhost',
        'PORT': '',
        'TEST': {
            'NAME': 'DBNAME_test',
        }
    },
}

In my setup with Django==1.11 it works like a charm. Good luck for yours!