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diff --git a/webapp/django/core/management/commands/testserver.py b/webapp/django/core/management/commands/testserver.py
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+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from optparse import make_option
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--verbosity', action='store', dest='verbosity', default='1',
+            type='choice', choices=['0', '1', '2'],
+            help='Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output, 2=all output'),
+        make_option('--addrport', action='store', dest='addrport', 
+            type='string', default='',
+            help='port number or ipaddr:port to run the server on'),
+    )
+    help = 'Runs a development server with data from the given fixture(s).'
+    args = '[fixture ...]'
+
+    requires_model_validation = False
+
+    def handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options):
+        from django.core.management import call_command
+        from django.db import connection
+
+        verbosity = int(options.get('verbosity', 1))
+        addrport = options.get('addrport')
+
+        # Create a test database.
+        db_name = connection.creation.create_test_db(verbosity=verbosity)
+
+        # Import the fixture data into the test database.
+        call_command('loaddata', *fixture_labels, **{'verbosity': verbosity})
+
+        # Run the development server. Turn off auto-reloading because it causes
+        # a strange error -- it causes this handle() method to be called
+        # multiple times.
+        shutdown_message = '\nServer stopped.\nNote that the test database, %r, has not been deleted. You can explore it on your own.' % db_name
+        call_command('runserver', addrport=addrport, shutdown_message=shutdown_message, use_reloader=False)