[DB-SIG] DB API 2.0 Anal Compliance Unit Test for review

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Stuart Bishop wrote:
> 
>> * the test for exceptions should also check the class
>>   structure
> 
> If you mean 'make sure driver.NotImplementError is a subclass of
> driver.Error', I've fixed this.

Yes.

>> * Another would be to check whether .fetchxxx() methods return
>>   .rowcount number of rows in total.
> 
> Done. Which made me notice something that needs clarification in the spec.
> The docs for .rowcount should state 'Unless the driver promises otherwise,
> it should never be assumed that the value of .rowcount is correct until
> all results have been fetched'. This currently is only inferred through
> footnote 7.

Hmm, if the driver cannot guarantee that .rowcount has valid
value it should pass back -1. Fetching all the results to make
sure that .rowcount becomes valid would defy its purpose.

> I've uploaded a new version to 
> http://stuartbishop.net/Software/DBAPI20TestSuite/

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Software directly from the Source  (#1, Feb 15 2003)
 >>> Python/Zope Products & Consulting ...         http://www.egenix.com/
 >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
________________________________________________________________________
Python UK 2003, Oxford:                                     45 days left
EuroPython 2003, Charleroi, Belgium:                       129 days left