- DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
- DATABASE_NAME = 'patchwork'
- DATABASE_USER = 'root'
- DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'my_secret_root_password'
- DATABSE_HOST = 'localhost'
- DATABASE_PORT = ''
+ DATABASES = {
+ 'default': {
+ 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+ 'HOST': 'localhost',
+ 'PORT': '',
+ 'USER': 'patchwork',
+ 'PASSWORD': 'my_secret_password',
+ 'NAME': 'patchwork',
+ 'TEST_CHARSET': 'utf8',
+ },
+ }
+
+ TEST_CHARSET is used when creating tables for the test suite. Without
+ it, tests checking for the correct handling of non-ASCII characters
+ fail.