On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 12:04:53PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2023-01-21 08:16:42 -0800, Noah Misch wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 06:50:37PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > > > I seems we don't have any tests for creating a subscription that fails > > > during > > > connection establishment? That doesn't seem optimal - I guess there may > > > have > > > been concern around portability of the error messages? > > > > Perhaps. We have various (non-subscription) tests using "\set VERBOSITY > > sqlstate" for that problem. If even the sqlstate varies, a DO block is the > > next level of error swallowing. > > That's a good trick I need to remember. And the errcode for an invalid > connection string luckily differs from the one for a not working one. > > > I think found an even easier way - port=-1 is rejected during PQconnectPoll() > and will never even open a socket. That'd make it reasonable for the test to > happen in subscription.sql, instead of a tap test, I think (faster, easier to > maintain). It may be that we'll one day move that error into the > PQconninfoParse() phase, but I don't think we need to worry about it now. > > Any reason not to go for that?
No, a port=-1 test in subscription.sql sounds ideal. > If not, I'll add a test for an invalid conninfo and a non-working connection > string to subscription.sql.