Subject Re: [IBDI] why test suites are needed.
Author Mark O'Donohue
Paul Gallagher wrote:

> > Test suites are invaluable, but fortunately they can be rebuilt. it will
> > take a lot of time for a dedicated team, but time and people (i hope) we
> > have in the community. The existing test suites are - imo - very important
> > for
> > the community. Also the existing bugs and features databases. It *would*
> > make a difference reg. the
> > stabillity of future interbase versions.
>
> Many of us do not have the skill and experience to get into the C code and
> start working on the Interbase code. But we do have the skill to start
> building test suites. Perhaps someone should spear-head this, and get us
> grunts to work.
>
> Paul Gallagher
>

That sounds brilliant, a while ago some links went by for a test suite for
standard SQL compliance testing. I have had a quick look, and cannot find them
in my mail log. If someone has then could they email them again, so at the
least I can store them for future reference. I believe they may have been used
in the MySQL and PostgressSQL test suites.

It's a big job, but it's nice if you dont have to start from scratch.


Regards

Mark


http://sourceforge.net/projects/firebird


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