Avoid low-probability regression test failures in timestamp[tz] tests.

If the first transaction block in these tests were entered exactly
at midnight (California time), they'd report a bogus failure due
to 'now' and 'midnight' having the same values.  Commit 8c2ac75c5
had dismissed this as being of negligible probability, but we've
now seen it happen in the buildfarm, so let's prevent it.  We can
get pretty much the same test coverage without an it's-not-midnight
assumption by moving the does-'now'-work cases into their own test step.

While here, apply commit 47169c255's s/DELETE/TRUNCATE/ change to
timestamptz as well as timestamp (not sure why that didn't
occur to me at the time; the risk of failure is the same).

Back-patch to all supported branches, since the main point is
to get rid of potential buildfarm failures.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/14821.1577031117@sss.pgh.pa.us

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/timestamp.out b/src/test/regress/expected/timestamp.out
index 3ff048983d100883b85d43ef1929c64f116dfaa2..f1e17be28d7efd07aa0b40b77c7bac7ad6200b76 100644 (file)
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/timestamp.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/timestamp.out
@@ -5,20 +5,9 @@ CREATE TABLE TIMESTAMP_TBL (d1 timestamp(2) without time zone);
 -- Test shorthand input values
 -- We can't just "select" the results since they aren't constants; test for
 -- equality instead.  We can do that by running the test inside a transaction
--- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change.  We also check
--- that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec.
--- NOTE: it is possible for this part of the test to fail if the transaction
--- block is entered exactly at local midnight; then 'now' and 'today' have
--- the same values and the counts will come out different.
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
-SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
- pg_sleep 
-----------
- 
-(1 row)
-
+-- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change, and so these
+-- related values shouldn't either.
 BEGIN;
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('today');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('yesterday');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow');
@@ -43,15 +32,17 @@ SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp without time zone
    1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) without time zone 'now';
- one 
------
-   1
-(1 row)
-
 COMMIT;
 DELETE FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
--- verify uniform transaction time within transaction block
+-- Verify that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec,
+-- and that it doesn't change over the same interval within a transaction block
+INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep 
+----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
@@ -73,8 +64,14 @@ SELECT count(*) AS two FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) without time z
    2
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT count(d1) AS three, count(DISTINCT d1) AS two FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
+ three | two 
+-------+-----
+     3 |   2
+(1 row)
+
 COMMIT;
-DELETE FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
+TRUNCATE TIMESTAMP_TBL;
 -- Special values
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('-infinity');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('infinity');

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/timestamptz.out b/src/test/regress/expected/timestamptz.out
index 80d62ee658c20c2c03b8de74291badd9a84177a4..669d6ad0617070c0191d10367a66e96b814f7318 100644 (file)
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/timestamptz.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/timestamptz.out
@@ -5,20 +5,9 @@ CREATE TABLE TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL (d1 timestamp(2) with time zone);
 -- Test shorthand input values
 -- We can't just "select" the results since they aren't constants; test for
 -- equality instead.  We can do that by running the test inside a transaction
--- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change.  We also check
--- that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec.
--- NOTE: it is possible for this part of the test to fail if the transaction
--- block is entered exactly at local midnight; then 'now' and 'today' have
--- the same values and the counts will come out different.
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
-SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
- pg_sleep 
-----------
- 
-(1 row)
-
+-- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change, and so these
+-- related values shouldn't either.
 BEGIN;
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('today');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('yesterday');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow');
@@ -42,7 +31,13 @@ SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone
    1
 (1 row)
 
-SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) with time zone 'now';
+SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'tomorrow EST';
+ one 
+-----
+   1
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'tomorrow zulu';
  one 
 -----
    1
@@ -50,7 +45,15 @@ SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) with time zo
 
 COMMIT;
 DELETE FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
--- verify uniform transaction time within transaction block
+-- Verify that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec,
+-- and that it doesn't change over the same interval within a transaction block
+INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+ pg_sleep 
+----------
+ 
+(1 row)
+
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
@@ -72,8 +75,14 @@ SELECT count(*) AS two FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) with time zo
    2
 (1 row)
 
+SELECT count(d1) AS three, count(DISTINCT d1) AS two FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
+ three | two 
+-------+-----
+     3 |   2
+(1 row)
+
 COMMIT;
-DELETE FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
+TRUNCATE TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
 -- Special values
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('-infinity');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('infinity');

diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/timestamp.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/timestamp.sql
index c3f2dea516682e7545da3aaf8ccab8bec3542a19..9f3f0bbb4f7dc18bb62734060020d6b93f5d7e91 100644 (file)
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/timestamp.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/timestamp.sql
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ CREATE TABLE TIMESTAMP_TBL (d1 timestamp(2) without time zone);
 -- Test shorthand input values
 -- We can't just "select" the results since they aren't constants; test for
 -- equality instead.  We can do that by running the test inside a transaction
--- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change.  We also check
--- that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec.
--- NOTE: it is possible for this part of the test to fail if the transaction
--- block is entered exactly at local midnight; then 'now' and 'today' have
--- the same values and the counts will come out different.
-
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
-SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+-- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change, and so these
+-- related values shouldn't either.
 
 BEGIN;
 
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('today');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('yesterday');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow');
@@ -29,22 +22,27 @@ INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow zulu');
 SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp without time zone 'today';
 SELECT count(*) AS Three FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp without time zone 'tomorrow';
 SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp without time zone 'yesterday';
-SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) without time zone 'now';
 
 COMMIT;
 
 DELETE FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
 
--- verify uniform transaction time within transaction block
+-- Verify that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec,
+-- and that it doesn't change over the same interval within a transaction block
+
+INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 SELECT count(*) AS two FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) without time zone 'now';
+SELECT count(d1) AS three, count(DISTINCT d1) AS two FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
 COMMIT;
 
-DELETE FROM TIMESTAMP_TBL;
+TRUNCATE TIMESTAMP_TBL;
 
 -- Special values
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMP_TBL VALUES ('-infinity');

diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/timestamptz.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/timestamptz.sql
index 2c9c7aece632e7d9c62baa7a22914112aea378e5..7ac23860464e88ba07e765289cc6535db67385c4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/timestamptz.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/timestamptz.sql
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ CREATE TABLE TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL (d1 timestamp(2) with time zone);
 -- Test shorthand input values
 -- We can't just "select" the results since they aren't constants; test for
 -- equality instead.  We can do that by running the test inside a transaction
--- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change.  We also check
--- that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec.
--- NOTE: it is possible for this part of the test to fail if the transaction
--- block is entered exactly at local midnight; then 'now' and 'today' have
--- the same values and the counts will come out different.
-
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
-SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+-- block, within which the value of 'now' shouldn't change, and so these
+-- related values shouldn't either.
 
 BEGIN;
 
-INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('today');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('yesterday');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow');
@@ -28,22 +21,29 @@ INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('tomorrow zulu');
 SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'today';
 SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'tomorrow';
 SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'yesterday';
-SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) with time zone 'now';
+SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'tomorrow EST';
+SELECT count(*) AS One FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp with time zone 'tomorrow zulu';
 
 COMMIT;
 
 DELETE FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
 
--- verify uniform transaction time within transaction block
+-- Verify that 'now' *does* change over a reasonable interval such as 100 msec,
+-- and that it doesn't change over the same interval within a transaction block
+
+INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
+SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
+
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('now');
 SELECT pg_sleep(0.1);
 SELECT count(*) AS two FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL WHERE d1 = timestamp(2) with time zone 'now';
+SELECT count(d1) AS three, count(DISTINCT d1) AS two FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
 COMMIT;
 
-DELETE FROM TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
+TRUNCATE TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL;
 
 -- Special values
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('-infinity');