Disable "remember every SQL query" (Django)

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I know this:

It is also important to remember that when running with DEBUG turned on, Django will remember every SQL query it executes. This is useful when you’re debugging, but it’ll rapidly consume memory on a production server.

Source: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#debug

I have a python script which does stress testing.

This script does not use the django test runner.

It uses the ORM in a loop doing more and more traffic in every iteration.

It would be great if my script could work in any environment.

I don't want other developers to force to fiddle with their settings (configure DEBUG to False) before executing this script.

Is there a way to disable the particular feature "remember every SQL query"?

Possible duplicate of [How do you set DEBUG to True when running a Django test?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7447134/how-do-you-set-debug-to-true-when-running-a-django-test) — Brown Bear, Mar 15 '19 at 14:58
here details [test-runner-options](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/django-admin/#test-runner-options) — Brown Bear, Mar 15 '19 at 14:59
@BearBrown This script does *not* use the django test runner. — guettli, Mar 15 '19 at 15:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '19 at 14:58

You could try monkey patching BaseDatabaseWrapper to set queries_limit to zero. Otherwise you could have the script verify that debug is set to False, and if they try to use it with debug set to True, display a message informing them to run it with DEBUG=False python manage.py script.

Disable "remember every SQL query" (Django)

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