GitHub user LosD opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/metamodel/pull/158
METAMODEL-1161: Max rows without offset and order by This fixes Oracle and SQL Server max rows and offset to work properly in all viable situations, and to use post processing otherwise. Please note that Oracle supports offset without order by, but that it is too inconsistent to use for much. Also fixes Oracle and (jTDS) SQL Server tests, which had bit-rotted quite a bit. For SQL Server, I had to ignore the timestamp test to avoid changing `JdbcTestTemplates.timestampValueInsertSelect`, which makes assumptions about how database engines rounds, and due to the use of `toString()` more tests how the database reacts than how MetaModel does. If someone wants to fix that particular mess, be my guest, but I'm not touching that with a 10-foot logic probe. :) // rant begin In general, all the integration tests are _very_ prone to bitrot due to over-assuming, e.g. orders and types. Unfortunately, the heavy use of `toString()` makes it much worse. Other problems is assuming certain versions of DB manufacturer's test databases without stressing which actual version was used, and of course that the integration tests are barely ever run. Unfortunately, I don't think we can do much about how often they are run, but at least we should ensure that the tests only tests MetaModel-related things, to keep them immune from breakage due to database changes and internal MetaModel refactorings, i.e.; NO specific count of schemas, tables or rows unless absolutely needed, NO assuming order of schemas, NO assuming existance og non-existance of unrelated schemas, NO assuming order of unordered queries, ABSOLUTELY NO use of toString on overall types or (especially) arrays. In short: Test that the query worked and that MetaModel-specific things are as expected, nothing more. Creating our own schemas, tables and data is probably also a good move, then at least we can make assumptions on that without going under for every new version (as long as we don't assume the non-presence of other schemas and tables) // rant end Fixes METAMODEL-1161 You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/LosD/metamodel bug/METAMODEL-1161-max-rows-oracle Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/metamodel/pull/158.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #158 ---- commit 86cd2b305e15128ae2a71718547e72ff0a1d674f Author: Dennis Du Krøger <l...@apache.org> Date: 2017-08-24T08:31:31Z METAMODEL-1161: Max rows without offset and order by This fixes Oracle and SQL Server max rows and offset to work properly in all viable situations, and to use post processing otherwise. Please note that Oracle supports offset without order by, but that it is too inconsistent to use for much. Also fixes Oracle and SQL Server tests. ---- --- If your project is set up for it, you can reply to this email and have your reply appear on GitHub as well. If your project does not have this feature enabled and wishes so, or if the feature is enabled but not working, please contact infrastructure at infrastruct...@apache.org or file a JIRA ticket with INFRA. ---