monkey patch django loaddata to ignore foreign key checks

loaddata_without_fk_checks.py

# monkey-patch django loaddata to ignore foreign key checks                        
from django.core.management.commands.loaddata import Command                       
from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS                                
def uses_mysql(connection):                                                        
    return 'mysql' in connection.settings_dict['ENGINE']                           
_old_handle = Command.handle                                                       
def _foreign_key_ignoring_handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options):                
    """Wrap the the stock loaddata to ignore foreign key checks so we can load  
    circular references from fixtures.                                             
                                                                                   
    This is monkeypatched into place in setup_databases().                         
                                                                                   
    """                                                                            
    using = options.get('database', DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)                              
    commit = options.get('commit', True)                                           
    connection = connections[using]                                                
                                                                                   
    if uses_mysql(connection):                                                     
        cursor = connection.cursor()                                               
        cursor.execute('SET foreign_key_checks = 0')                               
                                                                                   
    _old_handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options)                                  
                                                                                   
    if uses_mysql(connection):                                                     
        cursor = connection.cursor()                                               
        cursor.execute('SET foreign_key_checks = 1')                               
                                                                                   
        if commit:                                                                 
            connection.close()                                                     
Command.handle = _foreign_key_ignoring_handle