From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Using LibPq in TAP tests via FFI |
Date: | 2024-06-14 15:11:38 |
Message-ID: | 997f67ac-cc02-4076-9fda-db465e89c622@dunslane.net |
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On 2024-06-14 Fr 11:09, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Over at [1] Andres expressed enthusiasm for enabling TAP tests to call
> LibPQ directly via FFI, and there was some support from others as
> well. Attached is a very rough POC for just that.There are two perl
> modules, one which wraps libpq (or almost all of it) in perl, and
> another which uses that module to create a session object that can be
> used to run SQL. Also in the patch is a modification of one TAP test
> (arbitrarily chosen as src/bin/pg_amcheck/t/004_verify_heapam.p) to
> use the new interface, so it doesn't use psql at all.
>
> There's a bunch of work to do here, but for a morning's work it's not
> too bad :-) Luckily I had most of the first file already to hand.
>
> Next I plan to look at some of the recovery tests and other uses of
> background_psql, which might be more challenging,a dn require
> extension of the session API. Also there's a lot of error checking and
> documentation that need to be added.
>
>
> cheers
>
>
> andrew
>
>
> [1]
> https://postgr.es/m/20240612152812.ixz3eiz2p475gose@awork3.anarazel.de
>
>
And here's the patch
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
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