Hi all,

I've started the task of implementing a test suite for a largish code project. It's a CGI based project that uses a DB backend (mysql; in a LAMP environment). I've gotten a good start on the unit tests, but am now running into some trouble trying to deal with testing the database side of things. I've read quite a lot of material covering DBD::Mock and have successfully gotten things hooked up... but it seems to be returning data that's not helpful at all.

Am I missing something obvious? I've rtfm and a number of other online resources, but I just don't get it!

I've simplified the case to a simple case scenario. Looking at the "Test Execution" block below, obviously the data that's being returned in the 'SELECT' isn't what I asked for; I just wanted the "name" and "description." Also, they are not from the correct record (they are from the record where id=1 instead of id=3). Is DBD::Mock only good for getting the entire row's data or ...? Please help =)

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FILES
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./t/mock_db_test.t
./t/sample_db_data_test.pm
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Test execution
##############
$ prove -v t/mock_db_test.t
t/mock_db_test....ok 1 - baseline test
# $VAR1 = [
#           1,
#           'name1',
#           'description1',
#           'created_on1',
#           'created_by1',
#           'deleted1',
#           'deleted_by1',
#           'public1'
#         ];
1..1
ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=1,  0 wallclock secs ( 0.03 cusr +  0.01 csys =  0.04 C
+PU)
$
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./t/mock_db_test.t
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use Test::More qw(no_plan);
use strict;
use warnings;

### Just a blank test so this sample runs.
ok(1,'baseline test');

### Load DBI and create a handle.
use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:Mock:', '', '');

### Load the sample data set into memory and add it as a resultset to 
+the
### mock db driver.
use t::sample_db_data_test;
$dbh->{'mock_add_resultset'} = \@t::sample_db_data_test::Accounts;

### Try to get just the name and description.
my $sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT name, description FROM Accounts WHERE 
+id=?');
if ($sth->execute(3)) {
   ### Successful query.
   my @results = $sth->fetchrow_array;
   use Data::Dumper;
   diag(Dumper(\@results));
} else {
   ### Failure...
   diag('Some weird error: ' . $sth->errstr);
}
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./t/sample_db_data_test.pm
##########################
package t::sample_db_data_test;

our @Accounts = (
    ['id', 'name', 'description', 'created_on', 'created_by','deleted'
+, 'deleted_by', 'public'],
    [   1, 'name1','description1','created_on1','created_by1','deleted
+1','deleted_by1','public1'],
    [   2, 'name2','description2','created_on2','created_by2','deleted
+2','deleted_by2','public2'],
    [   3, 'name3','description3','created_on3','created_by3','deleted
+3','deleted_by3','public3'],
);

1;
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