How do you test code that uses DBI basics?

Testing code that interacts with databases using DBI (Database Interface) in Perl involves various strategies. You can use mock databases, test databases, or even handle exceptions to ensure your code behaves as expected. Below is an example demonstrating how to test DBI code effectively.

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use DBI; # Connect to the database my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=testdb", "user", "password", { RaiseError => 1 }); # Create a simple table $dbh->do("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(255))"); # Function to add a user sub add_user { my ($name) = @_; my $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO users (name) VALUES (?)"); $sth->execute($name); } # Testing add_user function eval { add_user('John Doe'); print "User added successfully\n"; }; if ($@) { print "Error: $@\n"; } # Clean up the database $dbh->do("DROP TABLE users"); $dbh->disconnect();

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