Re: [HACKERS] Regression tests...

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: chris@bitmead.com
Cc: "pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-02-08T06:06:14Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> writes:
> Is there a step-by-step guide somewhere that tells me how to add a new
> regression test? I've had a bit of a hunt around, and exactly what to do
> to add a test isn't clear.

There's not that much to it, assuming you don't need any platform-
specific variations in the expected output.  You make a script under
regress/sql/, add its name in an appropriate place in
sql/run_check.tests, run it, and drop the results file into expected/
(hopefully after manual verification ;-))

BTW, am I right in thinking that sql/tests is now dead code?  If so,
we should flush it, or more likely rename run_check.tests to just tests.
Jan?

			regards, tom lane