Split the list view code up in three pieces 1. getListContents which returns the required contents dictionary 2. _list which returns the response for a specified list of contents 3. list which constructs just one content dict and passes it to _list This way it is easier to do step 1 and 2 in other code than list(), which makes it possible to display multiple list pages (by calling getListContents multiple times and passing the result to _list).

def create_spatial_db(test=True, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False):
    "A wrapper over the Oracle `create_test_db` routine."
    if not test: raise NotImplementedError('This uses `create_test_db` from db/backends/oracle/creation.py')
    from django.db import connection
    connection.creation.create_test_db(verbosity, autoclobber)