Re: Patch: Implement failover on libpq connect level.

Victor Wagner wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:36:15 -0300
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > You're editing the expected file for the libpq-regress thingy, but you
> > haven't added any new lines to test the new capability. I think it'd
> > be good to add some there. (I already said this earlier in the
> > thread; is there any reason you ignored it the first time?)
>
> I seriously doubt that this program can be used to test new
> capabilities.
>
> All it does, it calls PQconninfoParse and than examines some fields of
> PGconn structure.

Ah, you're right, I didn't remember that.

> If I add some new uris, than only thing I can test is that comma is
> properly copied from the URI to this field. And may be that some syntax
> errors are properly detected.

Yeah, we should do that.

> So, I think that new functionality need other approach for testing.
> There should be test of real connection to real temporary cluster.
> Probably, based on Perl TAP framework which is actively used in the
> Postgres recently.

Yes, agreed. So please have a look at that one and share your opinion
about it. It'd be useful.

Meanwhile I'm moving the patch to the next commitfest.

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