On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Carlos Brum <carlos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I'm new in Django testing whith django test facilities. > > I've read "https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/testing/"; but > couldn't find what i'm looking for. > > I'm trying to begin TDD development but wanna use my old data. I don't > wanna have to build up all my database again. I already have data > there. > > Is it possible!?
Maybe, if you *really* try hard. However, if you are genuine about TDD, you don't actually want to use the "old database". You *must* have a new database in order to guarantee test conditions. Good tests have a known entry condition and a known exit condition; the only practical way to guarantee this (and the approach implemented by Django) is to have a fresh database configured for every test run. However, this doesn't mean that you can't have test data in your new database. If your live database contains some useful test data, you can dump that data using the "dumpdata" command. This will produce a JSON/XML fixture that can be specified in your test case; then, every time Django runs a test, it will create a clean database and populate it with your test data. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
