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Old 04-24-2008, 06:13 PM
Martijn van Oosterhout
 
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Default Re: Regression test fails when BLCKSZ is 1kB

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 clausesto
> 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,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while
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