On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 11:53:42PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 01:45:31PM -0700, Jeff Zucker wrote: > > Authors of DBI related modules might want to take a look at the > > discussion at > > > > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=350861 > > > > It is written by one of the CPAN testers and is about the degree of > > invasiveness of DBD module tests. > > Actually it's not. > > It's about the invasiveness of *other modules* that happen to use the DBI. > > "Testing the database is a job for DBI and the DBD drivers, which > they all do very well. So why test it all over again, at the risk > of doing damage to your reputation as a good and conscientious CPAN > author? There are some distributions that even test several drivers!"
Uh, I forgot to add that it does serve as a reminder to driver authors to take great care in how they create tables for testing and ensure cleanup. Tim.
