title: django fixtures: Where to add a fixture file
body: <p>I am trying to create a set of test case to cover my django application. I need pre defined database data, to run some of my test. So I decided to use fixtures.</p>
  
  <p>What I did was:
  1) created fixture file: 
     oleg$ python manage.py dumpdata goserver > fixture1.json
  2) Placed the fixture in the directory where application lives
     oleg$ cp fixture1.json goserver/
  3) Write down the texture name in the tests file in my application</p>
  
  <pre><code>   class GoserverTestCase(TestCase):
      fixtures = ['fixture1.json']
  
      def setUp(self):
          pass
  
      def testUserIsAdded(self):
          print "Users" , User.objects.all()
          #print ActiveList.objects.all()
          self.assertEquals(True, True)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>4) Run the text case with a command: 
  oleg$ python manage.py test --verbosity=2 goserver</p>
  
  <p>The output of the test run is (part of it):</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Trying '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/register/fixtures'
    for xml fixture 'initial_data'... No
    xml fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/register/fixtures'.
    Trying
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/register/fixtures'
    for json fixture 'initial_data'... No
    json fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/register/fixtures'.
    Checking
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/captcha/fixtures'
    for fixtures... Trying
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/captcha/fixtures'
    for xml fixture 'initial_data'... No
    xml fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/captcha/fixtures'.
    Trying
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/captcha/fixtures'
    for json fixture 'initial_data'... No
    json fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/captcha/fixtures'.
    Checking
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/goserver/fixtures'
    for fixtures... Trying
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/goserver/fixtures'
    for xml fixture 'initial_data'... No
    xml fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/goserver/fixtures'.
    Trying
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/goserver/fixtures'
    for json fixture 'initial_data'... No
    json fixture 'initial_data' in
    '/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/../jin/goserver/fixtures'.
    Checking '/' for fixtures... Trying
    '/' for xml fixture 'initial_data'...
    No xml fixture 'initial_data' in '/'.
    Trying '/' for json fixture
    'initial_data'... No json fixture
    'initial_data' in '/'. Checking 'U'
    for fixtures... Trying 'U' for xml
    fixture 'initial_data'... No xml
    fixture 'initial_data' in 'U'. Trying
    'U' for json fixture 'initial_data'...
    No json fixture 'initial_data' in 'U'.
    Checking 's' for fixtures... Trying
    's' for xml fixture 'initial_data'...
    No xml fixture 'initial_data' in 's'.
    Trying 's' for json fixture
    'initial_data'..</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Actually the problem is that the fixture was not found at all, so no data I wanted to add into the test database was added. Could you please suggest me a way to solve the problem</p>
  
  <p>I tried a new way to do it. 
  I just made a dump of complete database and put it to the application folder.</p>
  
  <p>But I came cross some encoding issues.</p>
  
  <p>Can you please check the error response:</p>
  
  <p>File "build/bdist.macosx-10.3-i386/egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 168, in execute
      if not self._defer_warnings: self._warning_check()
    File "build/bdist.macosx-10.3-i386/egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 82, in _warning_check
      warn(w[-1], self.Warning, 3)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/warnings.py", line 62, in warn
      globals)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/warnings.py", line 102, in warn_explicit
      raise message
  Warning: Incorrect string value: '\xD0\x9D\xD0\xB0 \xD0...' for column 'object_repr' at row 1</p>
  
  <p>testUserIsAdded (jin.goserver.tests.GoserverTestCase) ... Users []</p>
  
  <h2>Have another problem. When I disabled fixtures I still getting an error:</h2>
  
  <h2> Unit Test Code Coverage Results</h2>
  
  <p>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "manage.py", line 11, in 
      execute_manager(settings)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/<strong>init</strong>.py", line 340, in execute_manager
      utility.execute()
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/<strong>init</strong>.py", line 295, in execute
      self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 192, in run_from_argv
      self.execute(*args, **options.<strong>dict</strong>)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 219, in execute
      output = self.handle(*args, **options)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 33, in handle
      failures = test_runner(test_labels, verbosity=verbosity, interactive=interactive)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django_test_coverage-0.1-py2.5.egg/django-test-coverage/runner.py", line 58, in run_tests
      modules.extend(_package_modules(*pkg))
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django_test_coverage-0.1-py2.5.egg/django-test-coverage/runner.py", line 92, in _package_modules
      modules.append(<strong>import</strong>(impstr + '.' + name, {}, {}, ['']))
    File "/Users/oleg/jin/goclub/trunk/jin/goserver/admin.py", line 11, in 
      admin.site.register(ActiveList, ActiveListAdmin)
    File "/opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Django-1.0.2_final-py2.5.egg/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 64, in register
      raise AlreadyRegistered('The model %s is already registered' % model.<strong>name</strong>)
  django.contrib.admin.sites.AlreadyRegistered: The model ActiveList is already registered</p>