Revision history for pgTAP
0.11 2008-09-24T20:41:42
- Simplified the tests so that they now load `test_setup.sql` instead of
setting a bunch of stuff themselves. Now only `test_setup.sql` needs
to be created from `test_setup.sql.in`, and the other `.sql` files
depend on it, meaning that one no longer has to specify `TAPSCHEMA`
for any `make` target other than the default.
- Eliminated all uses of `E''` in the tests, so that we don't have to
process them for testing on 8.0.
- Fixed the spelling of `ON_ROLLBACK` in the test setup. Can't believe I
had it with one L in all of the test files before! Thanks to Curtis
"Ovid" Poe for the spot.
- Added a couple of variants of `todo()` and `skip()`, since I can never
remember whether the numeric argument comes first or second. Thanks to
PostgreSQL's functional polymorphism, I don't have to. Also, there are
variants where the numeric value, if not passed, defaults to 1.
- Updated the link to the pgTAP home page in `pgtap.sql.in`.
- TODO tests can now nest.
- Added `todo_start()`, `todo_end()`, and `in_todo()`.
- Added variants of `throws_ok()` that test error messages as well as
error codes.
- Converted some more tests to use `check_test()`.
- Added `can()` and `can_ok()`.
- Fixed a bug in `check_test()` where the leading whitespace for
diagnostic messages could be off by 1 or more characters.
- Fixed the `installcheck` target so that it properly installs PL/pgSQL
into the target database before the tests run.
0.10 2008-09-18T22:59:31
- Changed `pg_prove` to set `QUIET=1` when it runs, so as to prevent the
output of extraneous stuff.
- Added some `GRANT` statements to `plan()` in order to make it easier
to run tests using roles other than the one that called `plan()`.
Patch from Rod Taylor.
- Replaced a call to `lastval()` with a call to `currval()` in order to
improve compatibility with PostgreSQL 8.0. Reported by David Westbrook.
- Added support for TODO and SKIP tests.
- Removed the few uses of named parameters and added alias names instead.
This improves compatibility for versions of PostgreSQL prior to 8.0.
Reported by David Westbrook.
- Fixed the plural of "test" in the output from `finish()`. It was
plural when there was one test and singular otherwise. So I reversed
that.
- Moved assignment to declared variables from the `DECLARE` block to the
body of the functions. Improves compatibility with versions of
PostgreSQL prior to 8.0. Reported by David Westbrook.
- Eliminated passing the result of a function call to `RAISE` in order
to better support older versions of PostgreSQL. Reported by David
Westbrook.
- Switched from using `FOUND` to `GET DIAGNOSTICS ROW_COUNT` because the
former does not seem to be set for `EXECUTE` SQL in older versions of
PostgreSQL. Reported by David Westbrook.
- Added tests specifically targeting PostgreSQL 7.3. From David
Westbrook.
- Ported all the way back to PostgreSQL 8.0, thanks to some Makefile
hackery and a patch file. All tests pass on 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3.
The only exception is `throws_ok()` and `lives_ok()`, which are not
supported on 8.0. Versions of PostgreSQL lower than 8.0 are not yet
supported, even though we have made some changes to simplify getting
things to work in earlier versions.
- Changed "got/expected" to "have/want", following Schwern's plans for
Test::Builder 2. Also changed "caught/expected" to "caught/wanted" for
nice parity when outputting diagnostics for exception testing.
- Added the `has_table()`, `has_view()`, `has_column()`, `has_pk()`,
`has_fk()`, `fk_ok()`, `has_unique()` and `has_check()` test
functions.
- Added the `col_not_null()` and `col_is_null()` test functions.
- Added the `col_type_is()`, `col_default_is()`, `col_is_pk()`,
`col_is_fk()`, `col_is_unique()`, and `col_has_check()` test
functions.
- Fixed `is()` and `isnt()` to better handle NULLs.
- Added `cmp_ok()`.
- Added the `--set ON_ERROR_STOP=1` option to the call to `psql` in
`pg_prove`.
- Renamed `drop_pgtap.sql.in` to `uninstall_pgtap.sql.in`, which is more
in line with typical PostgreSQL contrib modules.
- Removed verbose output of the `psql` command from `pg_prove`. Thanks
to Andy Armstrong for the spot.
- Divided the tests up into many separate test script files, so that
things are a bit better organized and easier to maintain.
- Added the `check_test()` function and started converting internal
tests to use it instead of the hacked stuff they were doing before.
- As in Test::Builder 0.81_01, changed the message for extra tests run
to show the number of tests run rather than the number extra to avoid
the user having to do mental math.
- The regression test files are now processed by `make installcheck` and
`make test` so that the schema can be properly set, if pgTAP is built
with a schema.
0.02 2008-06-17T16:26:41
- Converted the documentation to Markdown.
- Added pg_prove, a Perl script that use TAP::Harness to run tests and
report the results, juse like the Perl program `prove`.
- Fixed `no_plan()` so that it no longer emits a plan, which apparently
was wrong. Now `finish()` outputs it when there's no plan.
- Fixed the test script so that it now emits a proper plan.
- Removed all of the configuration settings from `pgtap.sql`, as they're
now handled by `pg_prove`. I've mengioned them in the README for
reference.
- Added `lives_ok()`.
- Moved the creation of temporary tables into `plan()`, so that
everything is properly self-contained.
- Improved the handling of transactions. Test scripts are now assumed to
be single transactions with a ROLLBACK at the end. This makes it so
that test scripts don't have to include `drop_pgtap.sql`.
- Updated `pg_prove` to rollback on an error, rather than just stop.
This allows all test functions to be properly rolled back, too, in a
test script that includes them but then encounters an unhandled
exception.
- Updated `pg_prove` to emit an appropriate error message if no test
scripts are specified.
- Added a Makefile. It uses the typical PostgreSQL installation
procedures to install pgTAP. The SQL files have now been turned into
`.in` templates that are processed by `make`.
- Added support for schema qualification of test functions. Just set the
`$TAPSCHEMA` environment variable when running `make`.
- Added support for standard PostgreSQL-type regression testing by just
copying the test script, setting some variables inside it, and
providing an `expected/` directory. The test now lives in the `sql/`
directory.
- Changed all instances of `RETURN QUERY SELECT` to `RETURN NEXT`, which
should allow pgtap to run on versions of PostgreSQL earlier than 8.3.
Thanks to Neil Conway for the suggestion.
0.01 2008-06-07T05:24:27
- Initial public release. Announcement at
http://justatheory.com/computers/databases/postgresql/introducing_pgtap.html
