Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB
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Msg-id 20080421161632.GA19341@svana.org
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In response to Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 02:25:31PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > I think affected test should contain order by keyword.
>
> For previously established reasons, we don't want to add ORDER BY clauses to
> every test that might fail under exceptional circumstances so we test all
> plan types equally.  I think very small block sizes are fairly exceptional,
> unless you have a reason up your sleeve why they are a good idea.

I wonder if it would be feasable to, whenever a regression test fails
to sort both files and compare again. This should tell you if the
difference are *only* rearrangement automatically, without having to
eyeball the output.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
> boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.

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