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Testing GeoDjango Apps
======================

.. versionchanged:: 1.2

In Django 1.2, the addition of :ref:`spatial-backends`
simplified the process of testing GeoDjango applications.  Specifically, testing
GeoDjango applications is now the same as :doc:`/topics/testing`.

Included in this documentation are some additional notes and settings
for :ref:`testing-postgis` and :ref:`testing-spatialite` users.

.. note::

    Django 1.1 users are still required to use a custom :setting:`TEST_RUNNER`.
    See the :ref:`testing-1.1` section for more details.

.. _testing-postgis:

PostGIS
=======

Settings
--------

.. note::

    The settings below have sensible defaults, and shouldn't require manual setting.

.. setting:: POSTGIS_TEMPLATE

``POSTGIS_TEMPLATE``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

.. versionadded:: 1.1

.. versionchanged:: 1.2

This setting may be used to customize the name of the PostGIS template
database to use.  In Django versions 1.2 and above, it automatically
defaults to ``'template_postgis'`` (the same name used in the
:ref:`installation documentation <spatialdb_template>`).

.. note::

    Django 1.1 users will still have to define the :setting:`POSTGIS_TEMPLATE`
    with a value, for example::

        POSTGIS_TEMPLATE='template_postgis'

.. setting:: POSTGIS_VERSION

``POSTGIS_VERSION``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 1.1

When GeoDjango's spatial backend initializes on PostGIS, it has to perform
a SQL query to determine the version.  Setting the version manually
prevents this query to the database::

    POSTGIS_VERSION=('1.3.6', 1, 3, 6)

Obtaining Sufficient Privileges
-------------------------------

Depending on your configuration, this section describes several methods to
configure a database user with sufficient privileges to run tests for
GeoDjango applications on PostgreSQL.  If your
:ref:`spatial database template <spatialdb_template>`
was created like in the instructions, then your testing database user
only needs to have the ability to create databases.  In other configurations,
you may be required to use a database superuser.

Create Database User
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
To make database user with the ability to create databases, use the
following command::

    $ createuser --createdb -R -S <user_name>

The ``-R -S`` flags indicate that we do not want the user to have the ability
to create additional users (roles) or to be a superuser, respectively.

Alternatively, you may alter an existing user's role from the SQL shell
(assuming this is done from an existing superuser account)::

    postgres# ALTER ROLE <user_name> CREATEDB NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEROLE;

Create Database Superuser
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This may be done at the time the user is created, for example::

    $ createuser --superuser <user_name>

Or you may alter the user's role from the SQL shell (assuming this
is done from an existing superuser account)::

    postgres# ALTER ROLE <user_name> SUPERUSER;


Create Local PostgreSQL Database
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1. Initialize database: ``initdb -D /path/to/user/db``

2. If there's already a Postgres instance on the machine, it will need
   to use a different TCP port than 5432. Edit ``postgresql.conf`` (in
   ``/path/to/user/db``) to change the database port (e.g. ``port = 5433``).

3. Start this database ``pg_ctl -D /path/to/user/db start``

Windows
-------
On Windows platforms the pgAdmin III utility may also be used as
a simple way to add superuser privileges to your database user.

By default, the PostGIS installer on Windows includes a template
spatial database entitled ``template_postgis``.

.. _testing-spatialite:

SpatiaLite
==========

.. versionadded:: 1.1

You will need to download the `initialization SQL`__ script for SpatiaLite::

    $ wget http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/init_spatialite-2.3.zip
    $ unzip init_spatialite-2.3.zip

If ``init_spatialite-2.3.sql`` is in the same path as your project's ``manage.py``,
then all you have to do is::

    $ python manage.py test

Settings
--------

.. setting:: SPATIALITE_SQL

``SPATIALITE_SQL``
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. versionadded:: 1.1

By default, the GeoDjango test runner looks for the SpatiaLite SQL in the
same directory where it was invoked (by default the same directory where
``manage.py`` is located).  If you want to use a different location, then
you may add the following to your settings::

    SPATIALITE_SQL='/path/to/init_spatialite-2.3.sql'

__ http://www.gaia-gis.it/spatialite/init_spatialite-2.3.zip

.. _testing-1.1:

Testing GeoDjango Applications in 1.1
=====================================

In Django 1.1, to accommodate the extra steps required to scaffalod a
spatial database automatically, a test runner customized for GeoDjango
must be used.  To use this runner, configure :setting:`TEST_RUNNER` as follows::

    TEST_RUNNER='django.contrib.gis.tests.run_tests'

.. note::

    In order to create a spatial database, the :setting:`USER` setting
    (or :setting:`TEST_USER`, if optionally defined on Oracle) requires
    elevated privileges.  When using PostGIS or MySQL, the database user
    must have at least the ability to create databases.  When testing on Oracle,
    the user should be a superuser.

GeoDjango Test Suite
====================

To run GeoDjango's own internal test suite, configure the
:setting:`TEST_RUNNER` setting as follows::

    TEST_RUNNER='django.contrib.gis.tests.run_gis_tests'