NAME

Test::TempDatabase - temporary database creation and destruction.

SYNOPSIS

use Test::TempDatabase;

my $td = Test::TempDatabase->create(dbname => 'temp_db');
my $dbh = $td->db_handle;

... some tests ...
# Test::TempDatabase drops database

DESCRIPTION

This module automates creation and dropping of test databases.

USAGE

Create test database using Test::TempDatabase->create. Use db_handle to get a handle to the database. Database will be automagically dropped when Test::TempDatabase instance goes out of scope.

create

Creates temporary database. It will be dropped when the resulting instance will go out of scope.

Arguments are passed in as a keyword-value pairs. Available keywords are:

dbname: the name of the temporary database.

rest: the rest of the database connection string. It can be used to connect to a different host, etc.

username, password: self-explanatory

BUGS

* Works with PostgreSQL database currently.

AUTHOR

Boris Sukholitko
bobatonhu@yahoo.co.uk

COPYRIGHT

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

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

Test::More