Re: RE: DBX tests failing

>> 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? 1. If the connect fails, it's a pretty safe bet that the rest of the tests can be skipped, as they'll be rather pointless. 2. If DBX is a server process, a ps auxwww | grep DBX (or whatever) could be used to test if it's "there" or not. Or, perhaps some other simple command line test could be run to test if DBX is installed at all.