[ckan-dev] Create a temporary database for CKAN plugin nose tests

Mon Feb 25 08:51:10 UTC 2013

On 25 February 2013 07:51, Nigel Babu <nigel.babu at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi Genhan,
>
> Does the setup and teardown methods[1] in the core CKAN tests help you
> create/drop a temporary database for testing?
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/okfn/ckan/blob/master/ckan/tests/models/test_group.py#L9
>
>
> On 23 February 2013 00:41, Genhan Chen <genhan.chen at azgs.az.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does CKAN provide a mechanism to create/drop a temporary database for its
>> nose tests? I would like to test our plugin in a temporary CKAN database.
>>
>
I believe you can specify the database to use in the .ini file given to
nosetests but the test do not drop/create the database.  They will
drop/create tables in the database though.  dropping/creating databases
require elevated permissions.

Toby

>> Thanks,
>>
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