Django testrunner not working properly

Question

the following code:

class CreateSurveyFromCsvTextTests(TestCase):

    def test_parses_survey_passed_in_as_csv_and_returns_xml_representation(self):
        self.assertTrue(True)

throws the following error:

ERROR: test_parses_survey_passed_in_as_csv_and_returns_xml_representation (dkobo.formbuilder.tests.CreateSurveyFromCsvTextTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 178, in __call__
    self._pre_setup()
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 749, in _pre_setup
    self._fixture_setup()
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 861, in _fixture_setup
    if not connections_support_transactions():
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 848, in connections_support_transactions
    for conn in connections.all())
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 848, in <genexpr>
    for conn in connections.all())
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 49, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.func.__name__] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 664, in supports_transactions
    self.connection.leave_transaction_management()
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 317, in leave_transaction_management
    if managed == self.get_autocommit():
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 324, in get_autocommit
    self.ensure_connection()
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 124, in ensure_connection
    self.connect()
  File "/home/nico/.virtualenvs/kf/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 86, in __exit__
    db_exc_type = getattr(self.wrapper.Database, dj_exc_type.__name__)
AttributeError: 'DatabaseWrapper' object has no attribute 'Database'

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I know this doesn't tell you much about the problem, and it's probably an environment problem, but I'm new to Linux/Python (switched from Windows/.Net 7 days ago) and wouldn't really know where to start gathering information, let alone diagnosing the error.

Answer 1

The problem was that the database was not configured. Adding the default entry for DATABASE in settings.py and the running python manage.py syncdb fixed it.