DB layer 2.0 functional testing
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Moodle 2.0
DDL tests
Based on tests already used in xmldb, the following methods have been implemented in simpletest:
- create_table
- drop_table
- add_enum_field
- add_numeric_field
- drop_field
- change_field_type
- change_field_precision
- change_field_sign
- change_field_nullability
- change_field_default
- add_unique_index
- add_non_unique_index
- find_index_name
- drop_index
- add_unique_key
- add_foreign_unique_key
- drop_key
- add_foreign_key
- drop_foreign_key
- change_field_enum
- rename_index >>>experimental<<<
- rename_key >>>experimental<<<
- rename_field
- rename_table
- table_exists
- field_exists
- index_exists
- find_check_constraint_name
- check_constraint_exists
- find_key_name
- delete_tables_from_xmldb_file
- install_from_xmldb_file
- create_temp_table
DML tests
The following methods have been implemented in unit tests:
- fix_sql_params
- get_tables
- get_indexes
- get_columns
- execute
- get_in_or_equal
- fix_table_names
- get_recordset
- get_recordset_list
- get_recordset_select
- get_recordset_sql
- get_records
- get_records_list
- get_records_select
- get_records_sql
- get_records_menu
- get_records_select_menu
- get_records_sql_menu
- get_record
- get_record_select
- get_record_sql
- get_field
- get_field_select
- get_field_sql
- get_fieldset_select
- get_fieldset_sql
- insert_record_raw
- insert_record
- update_record_raw
- update_record
- set_field
- set_field_select
- count_records
- count_records_select
- count_records_sql
- record_exists
- record_exists_select
- record_exists_sql
- delete_records
- delete_records_select
Still to do
The tests need to be expanded to include boundary conditions, including invalid or incomplete parameters.
- How do these methods behave when given invalid params?
- Are exceptions in place, and are they caught appropriately?
