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docs: add warning about sqlite specific snippet + fix typos #666

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions docs/database.rst
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Expand Up @@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ Create the test database from a custom SQL script

You can replace the :fixture:`django_db_setup` fixture and run any code in its
place. This includes creating your database by hand by running a SQL script
directly. This example shows how sqlite3's executescript method. In more a more
general use cases you probably want to load the SQL statements from a file or
directly. This example shows sqlite3's executescript method. In a more
general use case, you probably want to load the SQL statements from a file or
invoke the ``psql`` or the ``mysql`` command line tool.

Put this in ``conftest.py``::
Expand All @@ -439,6 +439,11 @@ Put this in ``conftest.py``::
INSERT INTO theapp_item (name) VALUES ('created from a sql script');
''')

.. warning::
This snippet shows ``cursor().executescript()`` which is `sqlite` specific, for
other database engines this method might differ. For instance, psycopg2 uses
``cursor().execute()``.


Use a read only database
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