RE: DBX tests failing

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Marc Boeren wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How do I test if the db is running so I can skip it? If I > > > skip because dbx_connect fails, is that because the db > > > is not running, or the dbx_connect is buggy? > > > Yeah, that's true... but as only very few people have those > > tests set-up it will fail for like 90% of the testers. We want to > > move to the point that nothing is allowed to fail before we > > release, so it's definitely not a good point if all DB (not only > > DBX) tests fail if they're not setup. > > > Does anybody else have an idea? > > How about a 'make test --test-dbx-too' or something similar, in which case I > can skip it if some var is not set (which would be the default)? > Or even easier, I create an include-file that just says $skip_test = true > that a tester can set to false, or perhaps an array that specifies which > files to skip and which to run? With all due respect that's too much of a hassle. Everybody (including the "stupid" users) must be able to run "make test" without having to set variables, includes or anything and still get reliable test results. I think it would make sense to skip if dbx_connect() fails in this case. If you need dbx it's very obvious that you check whether the tests were skipped or not... (can you please cc php-qa@lists.php.net too?) regards, Derick -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ JDI Media Solutions http://www.jdimedia.nl/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------