Re: Patch: Implement failover on libpq connect level.

Hi Victor,

On 2/1/16 5:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Victor Wagner wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:36:15 -0300
>> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> You're editing the expected file for the libpq-regress thingy, but you
>>> haven't added any new lines to test the new capability. I think it'd
>>> be good to add some there. (I already said this earlier in the
>>> thread; is there any reason you ignored it the first time?)
>> I seriously doubt that this program can be used to test new
>> capabilities.
>>
>> All it does, it calls PQconninfoParse and than examines some fields of
>> PGconn structure.
> Ah, you're right, I didn't remember that.
>
>> If I add some new uris, than only thing I can test is that comma is
>> properly copied from the URI to this field. And may be that some syntax
>> errors are properly detected.
> Yeah, we should do that.
>
>> So, I think that new functionality need other approach for testing.
>> There should be test of real connection to real temporary cluster.
>> Probably, based on Perl TAP framework which is actively used in the
>> Postgres recently.
> Yes, agreed. So please have a look at that one and share your opinion
> about it. It'd be useful.
>
> Meanwhile I'm moving the patch to the next commitfest.

There hasn't been any movement on this patch in a while. Will you have
a new tests ready for review soon?

Thanks,

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-David
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