Ensure the feature tests use the correct test settings database. Fixes #2486

web/config.py

@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ DEFAULT_BINARY_PATHS = {
 ##########################################################################
 # Test settings - used primarily by the regression suite, not for users
 ##########################################################################
-# Set default testing mode
-TESTING_MODE = False
 
 # The default path for SQLite database for testing
 TEST_SQLITE_PATH = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'test_pgadmin4.db')

web/pgadmin/__init__.py

@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ def create_app(app_name=None):
     logger = logging.getLogger('werkzeug')
     logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
+    # Set SQLITE_PATH to TEST_SQLITE_PATH while running test cases
+    if "PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE" in os. environ and \
+                    os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"] == "1":
+        config.SQLITE_PATH = config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH
+
     # Ensure the various working directories exist
     from pgadmin.setup import create_app_data_directory, db_upgrade
     create_app_data_directory(config)

web/regression/runtests.py

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ from regression.feature_utils.app_starter import AppStarter
 if os.path.isfile(config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH):
     os.remove(config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH)
 
-config.TESTING_MODE = True
+os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"] = "1"
 
 # Disable upgrade checks - no need during testing, and it'll cause an error
 # if there's no network connection when it runs.
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     print("Please check output in file: %s/regression.log\n" % CURRENT_PATH)
 
+    # Unset environment variable
+    del os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"]
+
     if failure:
         sys.exit(1)
     else:

web/setup.py

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     app.config.from_object(config)
 
-    if config.TESTING_MODE:
+    if "PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE" in os. environ and \
+                    os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"] == "1":
         config.SQLITE_PATH = config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH
 
     create_app_data_directory(config)