Populating the database with data - are the docs wrong or my setup?

[mpasternak]

Hello,

the docs suggest an approach to populate the database with the initial data this way: http://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/database.html#populate-the-database-with-initial-test-data

I created a small demonstrational app that uses exactly that approach. Unfortunately, I am not able to see the test data anywhere else except the first test case ran. In the first test case everything is okay. In the subsequent test cases, the data are gone from the database.

Am I doing something wrong? Here is the conftest: https://github.com/mpasternak/pytest-django-pytest-splinter-test/blob/master/demo1/demo1_app/conftest.py and here are my tests: https://github.com/mpasternak/pytest-django-pytest-splinter-test/blob/master/demo1/demo1_app/tests.py#L21

When I change the scope of the django_db_setup fixture to function, everything comes back to normal.

So, is this a bug or should I create a PR to update the documentation? Is it somehow related to this issue: #329 ?

[blueyed]

1. you are using live_server, which uses transactional_db. I think the documentation only applies to using the db fixture.
2. there are a few typos in the doc, so it could be updated anyway

[mpasternak]

My take on this #491 also a demo project that I used to test how pytest-django handles stuff: https://github.com/mpasternak/pytest-django-pytest-splinter-test/