On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:56:55 +1000, Robert Loomans wrote:
Hi Robert
> As a compromise, Tyler, how 'bout you only run the tests in this
> case if SQLite is *already* installed? Other modules already do
> things this way. eg, look at Log::Log4perl and the tests for LWP,
Yeah, this should be ok.
--
Is there any way to tell if my package is being tested automatically
under CPAN::Testers? Here's the situation:
I've never used that module but this should work:
if(exists $INC{'CPAN/Testers.pm'}) {
print "I am probably running under CPAN::Testers\n";
}
else {
print "I am prob
Ron Savage suggested that the ideal way to handle the "end user vs.
autotester" scenario was to encourage the autotesters to install
DBD::SQLite2 (or perhaps set a valid DBI_DSN) for the testing.
testers.cpan.org's existant autotest system doesn't seem to have a way to
tell them this beyond
> > - If DBI_DSN is not set, default to depending on, and testing
> > against, SQLite.
>
> No. People should have to explicitly set DBI_DSN to make it do something.
> So, unset should be the same as set to empty string.
I don't agree.
As a compromise, Tyler, how 'bout you only run the tests in t
There is a line of bad code on line 279. I document the error here:
http://www.walljm.com/comments.asp?post=4776
Essentially,
279 Scalar::Util::weaken(my $test = \"foo");
the \ is negating the " and instead of a reference, its returning
something else.
Hope this helps... its cause Ikonboar
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:45:30 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
Hi Tyler
I do understand your point, but I think you need to re-think this.
> *whines* But this would break the functionality I was looking for
> in the first place: good automated QA being in a somewhat self-
So far so good.
> contain
Ron Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > - If DBI_DSN is not set, default to depending on, and testing
> > against, SQLite.
> No. People should have to explicitly set DBI_DSN to make it do something.
> So, unset should be the same as set to empty string.
*whines* But this would break the
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:07:18 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
Hi Tyler
> Currently, it *does* use the prompt() function supplied by
> ExtUtils::MakeMaker, which is supposed to prompt you if you have a
> controlling terminal, so long as PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT is not set.
Excellent! Much appreciated.
-
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:19:41 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
Hi Tyler
> I've had some time to digest this, and it seems that rather than
> coining an entirely new environment variable, I could use DBI_DSN:
Good!
Here are my votes:
> - If DBI_DSN is set, use that as the DSN for testing, and don't
Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If you really want, make the SQLite tests optional if some environment
> > variable is set (eg, SKIP_SQLLITE_TEST).
>
> OK, I like the environment variable thing. That gives me the
> opportunity to warn a user installing manually via CPAN that t
Ron Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:00:14 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
>
> Hi Tyler
>
> > OK, I like the environment variable thing. That gives me the
> > opportunity to warn a user installing manually via CPAN that they
> > don't have to install SQLite2 if they don't
Great. Thanks Tom.
Tim.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 01:10:43PM +0100, Tom Schindl wrote:
> and here's the proposed patch hopefully my english is good enough.
>
> Tom
> Index: DBI.pm
> ===
> --- DBI.pm(Revision 2381)
> +++ DBI.pm
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 06:05:51PM +, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 09:07:42AM -0800, Gerald Gallagher wrote:
> > Trying to compile DBI 1.50 on Solaris 8 using Sun WorkShop 6. The
> > "40profile" test fails because dbi_profile_merge is returning way too many
> > decimal places.
> "Claire Lee" wrote
>
>I'm on Windows XP. Forgive my ignorance, can you
>explain why DBI:ODBC needs to be recompiled? Why do
>you think this may be the problem? I've always thought
>I can download a module and use it. Never thought a
>later DBI version will be incompatible with an older
>one. Than
Opps me bad typo in the cut and paste. I hate computers. Yest the '.' is
needed.
""Andy Hassall"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Yes there is a newer Makfile.pl You might want to try that.
> >
> > One other quick suggestion id to set
> >
> > NLS_LANG=WE8ISO8859P15
On 2006-01-10 17:17:21 +, Tim Bunce wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:47:54PM +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > Anyway, I rather frequently find that the "most natural" way to
> > represent a query result is an array of hashes: Each row is hashref, but
> > the the rows are in an array(ref) so
On 2006-01-11 10:34:21 +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> On 2006-01-10 17:17:21 +, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > Anything wrong with the existing
> >
> > my $emp = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("...", { Slice => {} });
> >
> > ?
>
> Nothing, except that I didn't know about it.
>
> Looks like it was too
and here's the proposed patch hopefully my english is good enough.
Tom
Index: DBI.pm
===
--- DBI.pm (Revision 2381)
+++ DBI.pm (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -4014,7 +4014,17 @@
In which case the array is copied and each value decremented before
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 20:00:14 -0800, Tyler MacDonald wrote:
Hi Tyler
> OK, I like the environment variable thing. That gives me the
> opportunity to warn a user installing manually via CPAN that they
> don't have to install SQLite2 if they don't want.
Just for the record: When I install a set of
On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 10:37:58AM +0100, Tom Schindl wrote:
> Tim Bunce wrote:
> >Anything wrong with the existing
> >
> >my $emp = $dbh->selectall_arrayref("...", { Slice => {} });
> >
> >?
> >Please spread the word. Way too many people seem to not know about this!
>
> Maybe if there would
Tim Bunce wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 12:47:54PM +0100, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>
>
>>or selectall_arrayhashref?
>>
>>Anyway, I rather frequently find that the "most natural" way to
>>represent a query result is an array of hashes: Each row is hashref, but
>>the the rows are in an array(ref)
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