Now without foreign key checks during fixture loading.

test_utils/runner.py

@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 import os
 
-from django.db import connections
+from django.core.management.commands.loaddata import Command
+from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
 from django.db.backends.creation import TEST_DATABASE_PREFIX
 from django.db.backends.mysql import creation as mysql
 
 import django_nose
 
 
+# Monkey-patch loaddata to ignore foreign key checks.
+_old_handle = Command.handle
+def _new_handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options):
+    using = options.get('database', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
+    commit = options.get('commit', True)
+    connection = connections[using]
+
+    cursor = connection.cursor()
+    cursor.execute('SET foreign_key_checks = 0')
+
+    _old_handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options)
+
+    cursor = connection.cursor()
+    cursor.execute('SET foreign_key_checks = 1')
+
+    if commit:
+        connection.close()
+Command.handle = _new_handle
+
+
 # XXX: hard-coded to mysql.
 class SkipDatabaseCreation(mysql.DatabaseCreation):