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Expand Up @@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ production servers.
<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/databases/#sqlite-notes>`_
for more details.

SQLite is suitable for quick local development and running the development
server as a single user. However, the full test suite is not fully compatible
with SQLite because some tests rely on PostgreSQL-specific database features,
including ``DISTINCT ON`` queries and JSON containment lookups.

Use PostgreSQL when running the complete test suite with ``make test``.


Tests
^^^^^
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