There are some activerecord tests that are failing on my machine. I suspect this is because I'm still using mysql 4.1 (since that's what I deploy to).
In particular, in the active schema tests we check that a column of the correct type has been added with "SHOW FIELDS FROM delete_me where FIELD='created_at' AND TYPE='datetime'"
Mysql4 doesn't allow you to have a where clause there and the test fails. the test would pass on 4 & 5 if it didn't used the where and just inspected the results of the query a little closer.
So should I submit a ticket here or is the answer 'get with the 21st century' ?
Fred
So should I submit a ticket here or is the answer 'get with the 21st
century' ?
If there's something minor like that that prevents the tests from
passing, then yeah, send us some patches 
So should I submit a ticket here or is the answer 'get with the 21st
century' ?
If there's something minor like that that prevents the tests from
passing, then yeah, send us some patches
Here we go then : #233 fix broken schema test on mysql 4.1 - Ruby on Rails - rails
in the same category there's a test in migration_test that fails
because on ruby 1.8.6 DateTime formats timezone offsets as hh:mm (eg
+05:00) but ruby formats it as +0500. What's the preferred approach
here? assert it's /\+05:?00/ ?
Fred
in the same category there's a test in migration_test that fails
because on ruby 1.8.6 DateTime formats timezone offsets as hh:mm (eg
+05:00) but ruby formats it as +0500. What's the preferred approach
here? assert it's /\+05:?00/ ?
Sounds reasonable to me.
fixed that (and another one) at http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/attachments/24122/0001-fix-failing-tests-on-mysql-4.1-ruby-1.8.4.patch
Fred