Re: QA testing: need to prove line by line

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Not having used them, I too recommend some of the testing tools.  But I
guess I don't know how they work.  Ok, so now it has executed every line of
code, was it supposed to?  For example, I had a Notes support analyst try
to tell me to use an OR in this case
if (var<>'NoEmp') and (var<>'')
I had to explain to her that an OR would always be true, versus the AND.

You could try the CODE debugger.  And you could even change variables on
the fly to go to some of the IF's that will almost never hit in production.
For example I use the %error and %status on file read, and write,
operations.  I evaluate the results of the error.  If the file is full,
trigger before error, trigger after error, ...  We're talking some
extensive checking.  God willing, in production, some of these should never
happen.  And in test, are a PITA to duplicate.



Rob Berendt

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