Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)sun(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB
Date: 2008-04-21 17:39:30
Message-ID: 200804211939.31242.peter_e@gmx.net
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Am Montag, 21. April 2008 schrieb Tom Lane:
> That sounds like a pretty bad idea, since it would treat ordering
> differences as insignificant even when they aren't --- for example,
> an ordering difference in the output of a query that *has* an
> ORDER BY is usually a bug.

Well, we wouldn't treat ordering differences as OK, but we could print

foo ... FAILED (only ordering differences)

which might give a clue.

Then again, the effort to make this bulletproof might be more than continuing
to field the occasional question about the issue.

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