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+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# $Id: test.pl,v 1.4 1997/09/17 20:53:35 mergl Exp $
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1997 Edmund Mergl
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Before `make install' is performed this script should be runnable with
+# `make test'. After `make install' it should work as `perl test.pl'
+
+######################### We start with some black magic to print on failure.
+
+BEGIN { $| = 1; print "1..50\n"; }
+END {print "not ok 1\n" unless $loaded;}
+use Pg;
+$loaded = 1;
+print "ok 1\n";
+
+######################### End of black magic.
+
+$dbmain = 'template1';
+$dbname = 'pgperltest';
+$trace = '/tmp/pgtrace.out';
+$cnt = 2;
+$DEBUG = 0; # set this to 1 for traces
+
+$| = 1;
+
+######################### the following methods will be tested
+
+# connectdb
+# db
+# user
+# host
+# port
+# finish
+# status
+# errorMessage
+# trace
+# untrace
+# exec
+# getline
+# endcopy
+# putline
+# resultStatus
+# ntuples
+# nfields
+# fname
+# fnumber
+# ftype
+# fsize
+# cmdStatus
+# oidStatus
+# cmdTuples
+# getvalue
+
+######################### the following methods will not be tested
+
+# setdb
+# conndefaults
+# reset
+# options
+# tty
+# getlength
+# getisnull
+# print
+# notifies
+# displayTuples
+# printTuples
+# lo_import
+# lo_export
+# lo_unlink
+# lo_open
+# lo_close
+# lo_read
+# lo_write
+# lo_creat
+# lo_seek
+# lo_tell
+
+######################### handles error condition
+
+$SIG{PIPE} = sub { print "broken pipe\n" };
+
+######################### create and connect to test database
+# 2-4
+
+$conn = Pg::connectdb("dbname = $dbmain");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_CONNECTION_OK, $conn->status);
+
+# might fail if $dbname doesn't exist => don't check resultStatus
+$result = $conn->exec("DROP DATABASE $dbname");
+
+$result = $conn->exec("CREATE DATABASE $dbname");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+
+$conn = Pg::connectdb("dbname = $dbname");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_CONNECTION_OK, $conn->status);
+
+######################### debug, PQtrace
+
+if ($DEBUG) {
+ open(TRACE, ">$trace") || die "can not open $trace: $!";
+ $conn->trace(TRACE);
+}
+
+######################### check PGconn
+# 5-8
+
+$db = $conn->db;
+cmp_eq($dbname, $db);
+
+$user = $conn->user;
+cmp_ne("", $user);
+
+$host = $conn->host;
+cmp_ne("", $host);
+
+$port = $conn->port;
+cmp_ne("", $port);
+
+######################### create and insert into table
+# 9-20
+
+$result = $conn->exec("CREATE TABLE person (id int4, name char16)");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+cmp_eq("CREATE", $result->cmdStatus);
+
+for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
+ $result = $conn->exec("INSERT INTO person VALUES ($i, 'Edmund Mergl')");
+ cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+ cmp_ne(0, $result->oidStatus);
+}
+
+######################### copy to stdout, PQgetline
+# 21-27
+
+$result = $conn->exec("COPY person TO STDOUT");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COPY_OUT, $result->resultStatus);
+
+$i = 1;
+while (-1 != $ret) {
+ $ret = $conn->getline($string, 256);
+ last if $string eq "\\.";
+ cmp_eq("$i Edmund Mergl", $string);
+ $i ++;
+}
+
+cmp_eq(0, $conn->endcopy);
+
+######################### delete and copy from stdin, PQputline
+# 28-34
+
+$result = $conn->exec("BEGIN");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+
+$result = $conn->exec("DELETE FROM person");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+cmp_eq("DELETE 5", $result->cmdStatus);
+cmp_eq("5", $result->cmdTuples);
+
+$result = $conn->exec("COPY person FROM STDIN");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COPY_IN, $result->resultStatus);
+
+for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
+ # watch the tabs and do not forget the newlines
+ $conn->putline("$i Edmund Mergl\n");
+}
+$conn->putline("\\.\n");
+
+cmp_eq(0, $conn->endcopy);
+
+$result = $conn->exec("END");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+
+######################### select from person, PQgetvalue
+# 35-48
+
+$result = $conn->exec("SELECT * FROM person");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_TUPLES_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+
+for ($k = 0; $k < $result->nfields; $k++) {
+ $fname = $result->fname($k);
+ $ftype = $result->ftype($k);
+ $fsize = $result->fsize($k);
+ if (0 == $k) {
+ cmp_eq("id", $fname);
+ cmp_eq(23, $ftype);
+ cmp_eq(4, $fsize);
+ } else {
+ cmp_eq("name", $fname);
+ cmp_eq(20, $ftype);
+ cmp_eq(16, $fsize);
+ }
+ $fnumber = $result->fnumber($fname);
+ cmp_eq($k, $fnumber);
+}
+
+for ($k = 0; $k < $result->ntuples; $k++) {
+ $string = "";
+ for ($l = 0; $l < $result->nfields; $l++) {
+ $string .= $result->getvalue($k, $l) . " ";
+ }
+ $i = $k + 1;
+ cmp_eq("$i Edmund Mergl ", $string);
+}
+
+######################### debug, PQuntrace
+
+if ($DEBUG) {
+ close(TRACE) || die "bad TRACE: $!";
+ $conn->untrace;
+}
+
+######################### disconnect and drop test database
+# 49-50
+
+$conn = Pg::connectdb("dbname = $dbmain");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_CONNECTION_OK, $conn->status);
+
+$result = $conn->exec("DROP DATABASE $dbname");
+cmp_eq(PGRES_COMMAND_OK, $result->resultStatus);
+
+######################### hopefully
+
+print "test sequence finished.\n" if 51 == $cnt;
+
+######################### utility functions
+
+sub cmp_eq {
+
+ my $cmp = shift;
+ my $ret = shift;
+ my $msg;
+
+ if ("$cmp" eq "$ret") {
+ print "ok $cnt\n";
+ } else {
+ $msg = $conn->errorMessage;
+ print "not ok $cnt: $cmp, $ret\n$msg\n";
+ exit;
+ }
+ $cnt++;
+}
+
+sub cmp_ne {
+
+ my $cmp = shift;
+ my $ret = shift;
+ my $msg;
+
+ if ("$cmp" ne "$ret") {
+ print "ok $cnt\n";
+ } else {
+ $msg = $conn->errorMessage;
+ print "not ok $cnt: $cmp, $ret\n$msg\n";
+ exit;
+ }
+ $cnt++;
+}
+
+######################### EOF