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Re^4: How to do automated tests of a database centric CPAN module

by jds17 (Pilgrim)
on Oct 21, 2012 at 14:10 UTC ( [id://1000220]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: How to do automated tests of a database centric CPAN module
in thread How to do automated tests of a database centric CPAN module

If I understood the documentation correctly, only DBMSs available in the current environment can be instantiated by using Test::Database, so it would not help in the current situation, but please correct me if I am wrong.

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Re^5: How to do automated tests of a database centric CPAN module
by erix (Prior) on Oct 21, 2012 at 19:35 UTC

    That's true but in that it's not different from Test::postgresql, as far as I can see.

    From Test::postgresql docs:

    new [...] If required programs (initdb and postmaster) were not found, the function returns undef and sets appropriate message to $Test::postgresql::errstr.

    I think it's really only DBD::SQLite that will give you a complete package, from scratch.

    ( Probably one could create a package with all the bits to run a PostgreSQL instance from the binaries from the EnterpriseDB site [1], but that looks like quite an undertaking...:

    (cannot run as root) http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgbindownload "Binaries from installer version 9.2.1" -- to use, unzip the pgsql directory somewhere, and cd into it: cd pgsql -- run initdb: ./bin/initdb -D 9.2/data -- start postgres: ./bin/pg_ctl/ -D 9.2/data -l logfile start -- run tests... -- to stop, close all connections, then: ./bin/pg_ctl -D 9.2/data -l logfile stop -- cleanup all files Hm, I don't know - possible but error-prone, probably...
    )

    [1] http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgbindownload

      erix, thank you for pointing this out, I did not yet look at Test::postgresql (being busy handling SQLite support, until today I did not know just how different SQLite is from other DBMSs, in particular when trying to get meta data...). So I cannot use Test::postgresql for the stated purposes either.

      I don't think it would be feasible to run such a PostgreSQL install during my module install, I will stick to SQLite for the time being, thank you for elaborating on this.

      erix, please allow me a well-intentioned reminder: please mark updates to your messages as such, otherwise the thread may get confusing. Better still, post them as a new message (there are always exceptions, e.g. when a definite answer is found, I like to add an update to the root node containing the original question so the answer can be found with ease).

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