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Expand Up @@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ is configured to be in the containing Django project.
This fixture will ensure the Django database is set up. Only
required for fixtures that want to use the database themselves. A
test function should normally use the ``pytest.mark.django_db``
mark to signal it needs the database.
mark to signal it needs the database. This fixture does
not return a database connection object. When you need a Django
database connection or cursor, import it from Django using
``from django.db import connection``.

``transactional_db``
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