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=head1 NAME

SQL::Abstract::Test - Helper function for testing SQL::Abstract

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use SQL::Abstract;
  use Test::More;
  use SQL::Abstract::Test import => [qw/
    is_same_sql_bind is_same_sql is_same_bind
    eq_sql_bind eq_sql eq_bind
  /];

  my ($sql, @bind) = SQL::Abstract->new->select(%args);

  is_same_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind,
                   $expected_sql, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);

  is_same_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql, $test_msg);
  is_same_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);

  my $is_same = eq_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind,
                            $expected_sql, \@expected_bind);

  my $sql_same = eq_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql);
  my $bind_same = eq_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module is only intended for authors of tests on
L<SQL::Abstract|SQL::Abstract> and related modules;
it exports functions for comparing two SQL statements
and their bound values.

The SQL comparison is performed on I<abstract syntax>,
ignoring differences in spaces or in levels of parentheses.
Therefore the tests will pass as long as the semantics
is preserved, even if the surface syntax has changed.

B<Disclaimer> : the semantic equivalence handling is pretty limited.
A lot of effort goes into distinguishing significant from
non-significant parenthesis, including AND/OR operator associativity.
Currently this module does not support commutativity and more
intelligent transformations like Morgan laws, etc.

For a good overview of what this test framework is capable of refer
to C<t/10test.t>

=head1 FUNCTIONS

=head2 is_same_sql_bind

  is_same_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind,
                   $expected_sql, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);

Compares given and expected pairs of C<($sql, \@bind)>, and calls
L<Test::Builder/ok> on the result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test
fails, a detailed diagnostic is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>,
this is the one of the three functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>,
L</is_same_bind>) that needs to be imported.

=head2 is_same_sql

  is_same_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql, $test_msg);

Compares given and expected SQL statements, and calls L<Test::Builder/ok> on
the result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test fails, a detailed
diagnostic is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>, this is the one of
the three functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>, L</is_same_bind>)
that needs to be imported.

=head2 is_same_bind

  is_same_bind(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind, $test_msg);

Compares given and expected bind values, and calls L<Test::Builder/ok> on the
result, with C<$test_msg> as message. If the test fails, a detailed diagnostic
is printed. For clients which use L<Test::More>, this is the one of the three
functions (L</is_same_sql_bind>, L</is_same_sql>, L</is_same_bind>) that needs
to be imported.

=head2 eq_sql_bind

  my $is_same = eq_sql_bind($given_sql,    \@given_bind,
                            $expected_sql, \@expected_bind);

Compares given and expected pairs of C<($sql, \@bind)>. Similar to
L</is_same_sql_bind>, but it just returns a boolean value and does not print
diagnostics or talk to L<Test::Builder>.

=head2 eq_sql

  my $is_same = eq_sql($given_sql, $expected_sql);

Compares the abstract syntax of two SQL statements. Similar to L</is_same_sql>,
but it just returns a boolean value and does not print diagnostics or talk to
L<Test::Builder>. If the result is false, the global variable L</$sql_differ>
will contain the SQL portion where a difference was encountered; this is useful
for printing diagnostics.

=head2 eq_bind

  my $is_same = eq_sql(\@given_bind, \@expected_bind);

Compares two lists of bind values, taking into account the fact that some of
the values may be arrayrefs (see L<SQL::Abstract/bindtype>). Similar to
L</is_same_bind>, but it just returns a boolean value and does not print
diagnostics or talk to L<Test::Builder>.

=head1 GLOBAL VARIABLES

=head2 $case_sensitive

If true, SQL comparisons will be case-sensitive. Default is false;

=head2 $parenthesis_significant

If true, SQL comparison will preserve and report difference in nested
parenthesis. Useful while testing C<IN (( x ))> vs C<IN ( x )>.
Defaults to false;

=head2 $order_by_asc_significant

If true SQL comparison will consider C<ORDER BY foo ASC> and
C<ORDER BY foo> to be different. Default is false;

=head2 $sql_differ

When L</eq_sql> returns false, the global variable
C<$sql_differ> contains the SQL portion
where a difference was encountered.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<SQL::Abstract>, L<Test::More>, L<Test::Builder>.

=head1 INHERITED METHODS

=over 4

=item L<Test::Builder::Module>

L<builder|Test::Builder::Module/builder>, L<import|Test::Builder::Module/import>, L<import_extra|Test::Builder::Module/import_extra>

=back

=head1 AUTHORS

Laurent Dami, E<lt>laurent.dami AT etat  geneve  chE<gt>

Norbert Buchmuller <norbi@nix.hu>

Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008 by Laurent Dami.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.