In response to Paul Taylor <ij...@fastmail.fm>: > Bill Moran wrote: > > In response to Paul Taylor <ij...@fastmail.fm>: > > > >> Sam Mason wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 01:37:34PM +0100, Paul Taylor wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Does postgres have an embedded mode to allow a database to be embedded > >>>> with Java application without requiring seperate db manager, like the > >>>> derby database does ? > >>>> > >>> No, and I think the consensus is that this would be bad. See: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FAQ#Can_PostgreSQL_be_embedded.3F > >>> > >> Thats a shame, I wanted to write junit test for a java program that > >> queried a database, requiring a full database to be available for unit > >> tests is not really an environment I want to have. > > > > Has it occurred to you that testing a DB client when there's no > > DB isn't really a very accurate or realistic test? > > I am testing the code that extracts information from a read only > database. These are UNIT tests so only interested in getting the right > results given a particular set of data, anything else is a distraction.
Then replace the DB client class with a class that returns fabricated data for the purpose of your test. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
