How to preserve django test database after running test cases

Question

When I run test cases by typing

python manage.py test myapp

After test cases completed, test databases deleted by default by django test runner. I don't want it to be deleted.

I can use any database!

I want to preserve my database because there are bugs in database that I wanted to see in database that created. So that I can pinpoint them!

Answer 1

You can prevent the test databases from being destroyed by using the test --keepdb option.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/testing/overview/#the-test-database

Answer 2

According to the docs, you can preserve the database after running tests by:

$ python manage.py test -k

or

$ python manage.py test --keepdb