diff -r 6641e941ef1e -r ff1a9aa48cfd app/django/contrib/gis/tests/utils.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/app/django/contrib/gis/tests/utils.py	Tue Oct 14 16:00:59 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# function that will pass a test.
+def pass_test(*args): return
+
+def no_backend(test_func, backend):
+    "Use this decorator to disable test on specified backend."
+    if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == backend:
+        return pass_test
+    else:
+        return test_func
+
+# Decorators to disable entire test functions for specific
+# spatial backends.
+def no_oracle(func): return no_backend(func, 'oracle')
+def no_postgis(func): return no_backend(func, 'postgresql_psycopg2')
+def no_mysql(func): return no_backend(func, 'mysql')
+
+# Shortcut booleans to omit only portions of tests.
+oracle  = settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == 'oracle'
+postgis = settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == 'postgresql_psycopg2' 
+mysql   = settings.DATABASE_ENGINE == 'mysql'