Re: Test-cases for deferred constraints in plpgsql_transaction.sql

On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 02.07.18 11:46, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
>> Currently, I could see only one test-case for deferred constraints in
>> plpgsql_transaction.sql file which tests if the constraint checking is
>> happening during commit time or not with the help of COMMIT statement.
>> Shouldn't we add some more test-cases to test ROLLBACK and SET
>> CONSTRAINTS statements with deferrable constraints inside DO blocks.
>
> The purpose of that test is to check what happens when the COMMIT
> command fails.  Using deferrable constraints is just a way to trigger an
> error coming from the COMMIT command.
>
> I won't say we don't need more tests, but I don't see a particular
> testing gap in this area.
>

I am not saying that the existing test-case is not enough to test
deferred constraints but, it would have been good to add test-cases
having ROLLBACK statements with deferred constraints as well.

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With Regards,
Ashutosh Sharma
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