diff --git a/core/management/commands/check_db.py b/core/management/commands/check_db.py
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--- a/core/management/commands/check_db.py
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-# code modified from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4734645/is-there-a-tool-to-check-database-integrity-in-django/4736176#4736176
-
-from optparse import make_option
-
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
-from django.core.management.base import (
-    BaseCommand,
-    CommandError,
-    NoArgsCommand
-)
-from django.db import models
-
-def model_name(model):
-    return '%s.%s' % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.object_name)
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    args = '[-e|--exclude app_name.ModelName]'
-    help = 'Checks constraints in the database and reports violations on stdout'
-
-    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
-        make_option('-e', '--exclude', action='append', type='string', dest='exclude'),
-    )
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        # TODO once we're on Django 1.2, write to self.stdout and self.stderr instead of plain print
-
-        exclude = options.get('exclude', None) or []
-
-        failed_instance_count = 0
-        failed_model_count = 0
-        for app in models.get_apps():
-            for model in models.get_models(app):
-                if model_name(model) in exclude:
-                    print 'Skipping model %s' % model_name(model)
-                    continue
-                fail_count = self.check_model(app, model)
-                if fail_count > 0:
-                    failed_model_count += 1
-                    failed_instance_count += fail_count
-        print 'Detected %d errors in %d models' % (failed_instance_count, failed_model_count)
-
-    def check_model(self, app, model):
-        meta = model._meta
-        if meta.proxy:
-            print 'WARNING: proxy models not currently supported; ignored'
-            return
-
-        # Define all the checks we can do; they return True if they are ok,
-        # False if not (and print a message to stdout)
-        def check_foreign_key(model, field):
-            foreign_model = field.related.parent_model
-            def check_instance(instance):
-                try:
-                    # name: name of the attribute containing the model instance (e.g. 'user')
-                    # attname: name of the attribute containing the id (e.g. 'user_id')
-                    getattr(instance, field.name)
-                    return True
-                except ObjectDoesNotExist:
-                    print '%s with pk %s refers via field %s to nonexistent %s with pk %s' % \
-                        (model_name(model), str(instance.pk), field.name, model_name(foreign_model), getattr(instance, field.attname))
-            return check_instance
-
-        # Make a list of checks to run on each model instance
-        checks = []
-        for field in meta.local_fields + meta.local_many_to_many + meta.virtual_fields:
-            if isinstance(field, models.ForeignKey):
-                checks.append(check_foreign_key(model, field))
-
-        # Run all checks
-        fail_count = 0
-        if checks:
-            for instance in model.objects.all():
-                print 'Checking model %s ...' % model_name(model)
-                for check in checks:
-                    if not check(instance):
-                        fail_count += 1
-        return fail_count
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