[Pgpool-general] is there a way out of degeneration mode

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> >I've been doing testings with standard PostgreSQL regression test
> >suits. Please look into pgpool's README how to work with it.
> >  
> >
> I must confess that I was thinking here about functional tests for 
> pgpool functionality.
> The posgresql regression test suite used in conjunction with pgpool 
> would seem to
> provide good test coverage for some of the code : for example handling 
> the wire
> protocol correctly. But I'm thinking of test cases for scenarios such as 
> switchover;
> failure to contact either the master or slave (e.g. one or other is 
> rebooted); specific
> white-box tests for cases that seem likely to cause trouble such as 
> mixing update
> and select queries in load balance + master_slave mode.

Agreed. regression tests is good, but not enough for pgpool.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan