pg_prove - A command-line tool for running and harnessing pgTAP tests
pg_prove tests/ pg_prove --dbname template1 test*.sql pg_prove -d testdb --runtests
pg_prove is a command-line application to run one or more pgTAP tests in a PostgreSQL database. The output of the tests is harvested and processed by TAP::Harness in order to summarize the results of the test.
pg_prove
Tests can be written and run in one of two ways, as SQL scripts or as xUnit-style database functions.
pgTAP test scripts should consist of a series of SQL statements that output TAP. Here’s a simple example that assumes that the pgTAP functions have been installed in the database:
-- Start transaction and plan the tests. BEGIN; SELECT plan(1); -- Run the tests. SELECT pass( 'My test passed, w00t!' ); -- Finish the tests and clean up. SELECT * FROM finish(); ROLLBACK;
Now run the tests by passing the list of SQL script names or the name of a test directory to pg_prove. Here’s what it looks like when the pgTAP tests are run with pg_prove
% pg_prove -U postgres tests/ tests/coltap.....ok tests/hastap.....ok tests/moretap....ok tests/pg73.......ok tests/pktap......ok All tests successful. Files=5, Tests=216, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr 0.02 sys + 0.08 cusr 0.07 csys = 0.23 CPU) Result: PASS
pgTAP test functions should return a set of text, and then simply return the values returned by pgTAP functions, like so:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION setup_insert( ) RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS $$ RETURN NEXT is( MAX(nick), NULL, 'Should have no users') FROM users; INSERT INTO users (nick) VALUES ('theory'); $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; Create OR REPLACE FUNCTION test_user( ) RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS $$ SELECT is( nick, 'theory', 'Should have nick') FROM users; END; $$ LANGUAGE sql;
Once you have these functions defined in your database, you can run them with pg_prove by using the --runtests option.
--runtests
% pg_prove --dbname mydb --runtests runtests()....ok All tests successful. Files=1, Tests=32, 0 wallclock secs ( 0.02 usr 0.01 sys + 0.01 cusr 0.00 csys = 0.04 CPU) Result: PASS
Be sure to pass the --schema option if your test functions are all in one schema, and the --match option if they have names that don’t start with “test”. For example, if you have all of your test functions in the “test” schema and ending with “test,” run the tests like so:
--schema
--match
pg_prove --dbname mydb --schema test --match 'test$'
-b --psql-bin PSQL Location of the psql client. -d, --dbname DBNAME Database to which to connect. -U, --username USERNAME User with which to connect. -h, --host HOST Host to which to connect. -p, --port PORT Port to which to connect. -P, --pset OPTION=VALUE Set psql key/value printing option. -S, --set VAR=VALUE Set variables for psql session. -R --runtests Run xUnit test using runtests(). -s, --schema SCHEMA Schema in which to find xUnit tests. -x, --match REGEX Regular expression to find xUnit tests. --ext Set the extension for tests (default .pg) -r, --recurse Recursively descend into directories. --ignore-exit Ignore exit status from test scripts. --trap Trap Ctrl-C and print summary on interrupt. --harness Define test harness to use. -j, --jobs N Run N test jobs in parallel (try 9.) --rc RCFILE Process options from rcfile --norc Don't process default .proverc --state OPTION=VALUE Set persistent state options. -v, --verbose Print all test lines. -f, --failures Show failed tests. -o, --comments Show comments and diagnostics. --directives Only show results with TODO or SKIP directives. -q, --quiet Suppress some test output while running tests. -Q, --QUIET Only print summary results. --parse Show full list of TAP parse errors, if any. --normalize Normalize TAP output in verbose output -D --dry Dry run. Show test that would have run. --merge Merge test scripts' STDERR and STDOUT. -t --timer Print elapsed time after each test. -c, --color Colored test output (default). --nocolor Do not color test output. --shuffle Run the tests in random order. --reverse Run the tests in reverse order. -a, --archive FILENAME Store the resulting TAP in an archive file. --formatter Result formatter to use. --count Show X/Y test count when not verbose (default) --nocount Disable the X/Y test count. -H, --help Print a usage statement and exit. -?, Print a usage statement and exit. -m, --man Print the complete documentation and exit. -V, --version Print the version number and exit.
-b
--psql-bin
pg_prove --psql-bin /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql pg_prove -b /usr/local/bin/psql
Path to the psql program, which will be used to actually run the tests. Defaults to psql, which should work well, when it is in your path.
psql
-d
--dbname
pg_prove --dbname try pg_prove -d postgres
The name of database to which to connect. Defaults to the value of the $PGDATABASE environment variable or to the system username.
$PGDATABASE
-U
--username
pg_prove --username foo pg_prove -U postgres
PostgreSQL user name to connect as. Defaults to the value of the $PGUSER environment variable or to the operating system name of the user running the application.
$PGUSER
-h
--host
pg_prove --host pg.example.com pg_prove -h dev.local
Specifies the host name of the machine on which the server is running. If the value begins with a slash, it is used as the directory for the Unix-domain socket. Defaults to the value of the $PGHOST environment variable or localhost.
$PGHOST
-p
--port
pg_prove --port 1234 pg_prove -p 666
Specifies the TCP port or the local Unix-domain socket file extension on which the server is listening for connections. Defaults to the value of the $PGPORT environment variable or, if not set, to the port specified at compile time, usually 5432.
$PGPORT
-P
--pset
pg_prove --pset tuples_only=0 pg_prove -P null=[NULL]
Specifies printing options in the style of \pset in the psql program. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-psql.html for details on the supported options.
\pset
-S
--set
pg_prove --set MY_CONTRACT=321 pg_prove -S TEST_SEARCH_PATH=test,public
Sets local variables for psql in the style of \set in the psql program. See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/app-psql.html for details on the supported options.
\set
pg_prove --runtests pg_prove -r
Don’t run any test scripts, but just use the runtests() pgTAP function to run xUnit tests. This ends up looking like a single test script has been run, when in fact no test scripts have been run. Instead, pg_prove tells psql to run something like:
runtests()
psql --command 'SELECT * FROM runtests()'
You should use this option when you've written your tests in xUnit style, where they’re all defined in test functions already loaded in the database.
-s
pg_prove --schema test pg_prove -s mytest
Used with --runtests, and, in fact, implicitly forces --runtests to be true. This option can be used to specify the name of a schema in which to find xUnit functions to run. Basically, it tells psql to run something like:
psql --command "SELECT * FROM runtests('test'::name)"
-x
pg_prove --match 'test$' pg_prove -x _test_
Used with --runtests, and, in fact, implicitly forces --runtests to be true. This option can be used to specify a POSIX regular expression that will be used to search for xUnit functions to run. Basically, it tells psql to run something like:
psql --command "SELECT * FROM runtests('_test_'::text)"
This will run any visible functions with the string “_test_” in their names. This can be especially useful if you just want to run a single test in a given schema. For example, this:
pg_prove --schema testing --match '^test_widgets$'
Will have psql execute the runtests() function like so:
SELECT * FROM runtests('testing'::name, '^test_widgets$'::text);
--ext
pg_prove --ext .sql tests/
Set the extension for test files (default .pg). May be specified multiple times if you have test scripts with multiple extensions:
pg_prove --ext .sql --ext .pg --ext .pgt
-r
--recurse
pg_prove --recurse tests/ pg_prove --recurse sql/
Recursively descend into directories when searching for tests. Not relevant with --runtests.
--ignore-exit
pg_prove --ignore-exit
Ignore exit status from test scripts. Normally if a script triggers a database exception, psql will exit with an error code and, even if all tests passed, the test will be considered a failure. Use --ignore-exit to ignore such situations (at your own peril).
--trap
pg_prove --trap
Trap Ctrl-C and print a summary on interrupt.
Ctrl-C
--harness
pg_prove --harness TAP::Harness::Color
Specify a subclass of TAP::Harness to use for the test harness. Defaults to TAP::Harness (unless --archive is specified, in which case it uses TAP::Harness::Archive).
--archive
-j
-jobs
Run N test jobs in parallel (try 9.)
--rc
pg_prove --rc pg_prove.rc
Process options from the specified configuration file.
If --rc is not specified and ./.proverc or ~/.proverc exist, they will be read and the options they contain processed before the command line options. Options in configuration files are specified in the same way as command line options:
# .proverc --state=hot,fast,save -j9
Under Windows and VMS the option file is named _proverc rather than .proverc and is sought only in the current directory.
Due to how options are loaded you cannot use .proverc for pg_prove-specific options, only prove options. However, <pg_prove> does support all of the usual libpq Environment Variables.
prove
--norc
Do not process ./.proverc or ~/.proverc.
--state
You can ask pg_prove to remember the state of previous test runs and select and/or order the tests to be run based on that saved state.
The --state switch requires an argument which must be a comma separated list of one or more of the following options.
last
Run the same tests as the last time the state was saved. This makes it possible, for example, to recreate the ordering of a shuffled test.
# Run all tests in random order pg_prove --state save --shuffle # Run them again in the same order pg_prove --state last
failed
Run only the tests that failed on the last run.
# Run all tests pg_prove --state save # Run failures pg_prove --state failed
If you also specify the save option newly passing tests will be excluded from subsequent runs.
save
# Repeat until no more failures pg_prove --state failed,save
passed
Run only the passed tests from last time. Useful to make sure that no new problems have been introduced.
all
Run all tests in normal order. Multiple options may be specified, so to run all tests with the failures from last time first:
pg_prove --state failed,all,save
hot
Run the tests that most recently failed first. The last failure time of each test is stored. The hot option causes tests to be run in most-recent- failure order.
pg_prove --state hot,save
Tests that have never failed will not be selected. To run all tests with the most recently failed first use
pg_prove --state hot,all,save
This combination of options may also be specified thus
pg_prove --state adrian
todo
Run any tests with todos.
slow
Run the tests in slowest to fastest order. This is useful in conjunction with the -j parallel testing switch to ensure that your slowest tests start running first.
pg_prove --state slow -j9
fast
Run test tests in fastest to slowest order.
new
Run the tests in newest to oldest order based on the modification times of the test scripts.
old
Run the tests in oldest to newest order.
fresh
Run those test scripts that have been modified since the last test run.
Save the state on exit. The state is stored in a file called .pg_prove (_pg_prove on Windows and VMS) in the current directory.
The --state switch may be used more than once.
pg_prove --state hot --state all,save
-v
--verbose
pg_prove --verbose pg_prove -v
Display standard output of test scripts while running them. This behavior can also be triggered by setting the $TEST_VERBOSE environment variable to a true value.
$TEST_VERBOSE
-f
--failures
pg_prove --failures pg_prove -f
Show failed tests.
-o
--comments
Show comments, such as diagnostics output by diag(). Enabled by default. use --no-comments to disable.
diag()
--no-comments
--directives
pg_prove --directives
Only show results with TODO or SKIP directives.
-q
--quiet
pg_prove --quiet pg_prove -q
Suppress some test output while running tests.
-Q
--QUIET
pg_prove --QUIET pg_prove -Q
Only print summary results.
--parse
pg_prove --parse
Enables the display of any TAP parsing errors as tests run. Useful for debugging new TAP emitters.
--normalize
pg_prove --normalize
Normalize TAP output in verbose output. Errors in the harnessed TAP corrected by the parser will be corrected.
--dry
-D
pg_prove --dry tests/ pg_prove -D
Dry run. Just outputs a list of the tests that would have been run.
--merge
Merge test scripts' STDERR with their STDOUT. Not really relevant to pgTAP tests, which only print to STDERR when an exception is thrown.
STDERR
STDOUT
-t
--timer
pg_prove --timer pg_prove -t
Print elapsed time after each test file.
-c
--color
pg_prove --color pg_prove -c
Display test results in color. Colored test output is the default, but if output is not to a terminal, color is disabled.
Requires Term::ANSIColor on Unix-like platforms and Win32::Console on Windows. If the necessary module is not installed colored output will not be available.
--nocolor
Do not display test results in color.
--shuffle
pg_prove --shuffle tests/
Test scripts are normally run in alphabetical order. Use --reverse to run them in in random order. Not relevant when used with --runtests.
--reverse
pg_prove --reverse tests/
Test scripts are normally run in alphabetical order. Use --reverse to run them in reverse order. Not relevant when used with --runtests.
-a
pg_prove --archive tap.tar.gz pg_prove -a test_output.tar
--formatter
pg_prove --formatter TAP::Formatter::File pg_prove -f TAP::Formatter::Console
The name of the class to use to format output. The default is TAP::Formatter::Console, or TAP::Formatter::File if the output isn't a TTY.
--count
pg_prove --count
Show the X/Y test count as tests run when not verbose (default).
--nocount
pg_prove --nocount
Disable the display of the X/Y test count as tests run.
Send the TAP output to a TAP archive file as well as to the normal output destination. The archive formats supported are .tar and .tar.gz.
-H
-?
--help
pg_prove --help pg_prove -H
Outputs a brief description of the options supported by pg_prove and exits.
-m
--man
pg_prove --man pg_prove -m
Outputs this documentation and exits.
-V
--version
pg_prove --version pg_prove -V
Outputs the program name and version and exits.
David E. Wheeler <dwheeler@cpan.org>
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.
To install TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::pgTAP, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::pgTAP
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::pgTAP
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.