Test::Database and Test::DSN

2014-04-02 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
Hi, During the last Perl QA Hackathon, I've been talking with TIMB, REHSACK, HMBRAND and RIBASUSHI about Test::Database. Going back to the needs that people have, it seems to me that: - the main need is to obtain DSN to databases that match a certain set of prerequisites - the prerequisites

Re: Test::Database and Test::DSN

2014-04-02 Thread Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 09:23:13AM +0200, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote: It is also used by a number of modules on CPAN, so we have to be careful with backwards compatibility. According to MetaCPAN, the current authors and distributions that depend on Test::Database are: - BARBIE

Re: Test::Database and Test::DSN

2014-04-02 Thread Darren Duncan
For actual or intended Test::Database use cases that you know about, which of these situations are represented: 1. The test requires the actual DBMS used in production, it is designed with only a single specific DBMS in mind, no substitutions allowed. 2. Like #1 except substitutions are