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@@ -291,6 +291,17 @@ Note that calling ``django.setup()`` is only necessary if your code is truly
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standalone. When invoked by your Web server, or through :doc:`django-admin
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</ref/django-admin>`, Django will handle this for you.
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+.. admonition:: ``django.setup()`` may only be called once.
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+ Therefore, avoid putting reusable application logic in standalone scripts
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+ so that you have to import from the script elsewhere in your application.
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+ If you can't avoid that, put the call to ``django.setup()`` inside an
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+ ``if`` block::
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+ if __name__ == '__main__':
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+ import django
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+ django.setup()
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.. seealso::
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:doc:`The Settings Reference </ref/settings>`
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