How to create admin user in django tests.py - django

Question

I'm trying to create an admin user as part of my tests.py to check on persmissions.
UPDATE:
The tests.py is standard format that subclasses TestCase and the code below is called in the setUp() function.
I can create a normal user but not an admin user. If I try this:
self.adminuser = User.objects.create_user('admin', 'admin#test.com', 'pass')
self.adminuser.save()
self.adminuser.is_staff = True
self.adminuser.save()
OR
self.adminuser = User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin#test.com', 'pass')
self.adminuser.save()
I get:
Warning: Data truncated for column 'name' at row 1
If I remove the is_staff line all is well (except I can't do my test!)
Do I have to load admin users as fixtures?
UserProfile is defined as follows:
class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True)
organisation = models.ForeignKey(Organisation, null=True, blank=True)
telephone = models.CharField(max_length=20, null=True, blank=True)
and full error traceback is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/test/testcases.py", line 242, in __call__
self._pre_setup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/test/testcases.py", line 217, in _pre_setup
self._fixture_setup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/test/testcases.py", line 440, in _fixture_setup
return super(TestCase, self)._fixture_setup()
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/test/testcases.py", line 222, in _fixture_setup
call_command('flush', verbosity=0, interactive=False)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 166, in call_command
return klass.execute(*args, **defaults)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 222, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 351, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(**options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/commands/flush.py", line 61, in handle_noargs
emit_post_sync_signal(models.get_models(), verbosity, interactive)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/core/management/sql.py", line 205, in emit_post_sync_signal
interactive=interactive)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 166, in send
response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 28, in create_permissions
defaults={'name': name, 'content_type': ctype})
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/manager.py", line 123, in get_or_create
return self.get_query_set().get_or_create(**kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 335, in get_or_create
obj.save(force_insert=True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/base.py", line 410, in save
self.save_base(force_insert=force_insert, force_update=force_update)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/base.py", line 495, in save_base
result = manager._insert(values, return_id=update_pk)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/manager.py", line 177, in _insert
return insert_query(self.model, values, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/query.py", line 1087, in insert_query
return query.execute_sql(return_id)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/sql/subqueries.py", line 320, in execute_sql
cursor = super(InsertQuery, self).execute_sql(None)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/models/sql/query.py", line 2369, in execute_sql
cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 84, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(query, args)
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 175, in execute
File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 89, in _warning_check
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/warnings.py", line 61, in warn
warn_explicit(message, category, filename, lineno, module, registry)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/warnings.py", line 96, in warn_explicit
raise message
Warning: Data truncated for column 'name' at row 1
The answer seems to be that you can't create an admin user in setUp but you can in any other function so if you want an admin user in testing, use a fixture!

Answer 1

I'd use the built-in create_superuser and log the user in before making any requests. The following should work:
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.test.client import Client
# store the password to login later
password = 'mypassword'
my_admin = User.objects.create_superuser('myuser', 'myemail#test.com', password)
c = Client()
# You'll need to log him in before you can send requests through the client
c.login(username=my_admin.username, password=password)
# tests go here

Answer 2

Update 2
Executed the snippet to create the superuser from within a test case (subclass of django.test.TestCase). Everything went fine. Also created and saved an instance of UserProfile with user = self.adminuser. That too worked.
Update
This line is interesting:
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Django-1.1.1-py2.4.egg/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 28, in create_permissions
defaults={'name': name, 'content_type': ctype})
Looks like execution fails when creating permissions.
Original Answer
Warning: Data truncated for column 'name' at row 1
Strange. I tried this from the Django shell and it worked for me. I am using Postgresql 8.3 and Django 1.2.1 on Ubuntu Jaunty. Can you give more details about which version of Django/database are you using?
Also User does not have a name attribute. Can you double check if you are using auth.User?
Do I have to load admin users as fixtures?
You don't have to. But if you are creating this admin user solely for testing purposes then it would be a good idea to add a Fixture. That is what I do in my projects.