Forum OpenACS Q&A: 4.6.3 installation, automated acceptance test, request error

Am getting a request error[1] when trying the "Database Access API" automated test from /acs-admin/tests

Is this normal for a 4.6.3 install? I checked the bug reports and didn't see anything

This is for a server running openacs4.6.3, postgres7.2 on freebsd 4.x.

1. Request error details:

invalid command name "db_continue_transaction"
    while executing
"db_continue_transaction
"
    ("uplevel" body line 2)
    invoked from within
"uplevel 1 $on_error"
    (procedure "db_transaction" line 1)
    invoked from within
"db_transaction {
    db_dml db_api_acceptance_test_insert_into_footest "insert into footest values (0)"
    error "db_transaction error"
} on_error {
..."
    ("uplevel" body line 107)
    invoked from within
"uplevel {
    	  ad_page_contract {
    ACID must be tested db_transaction (concurrency testing?) (A and D work, C and I harder to test)
    nested ca..."
    (procedure "code::tcl::/usr/local/www/dekka.com/openacs-4-6/packages/acs..." line 2)
    invoked from within
"code::tcl::$__adp_stub"
    invoked from within
"if { [file exists $__adp_stub.tcl] } {

      # ensure that data source preparation procedure exists and is up-to-date
      adp_init tcl $__adp_stub
..."
    ("uplevel" body line 3)
    invoked from within
"uplevel {

    if { [file exists $__adp_stub.tcl] } {

      # ensure that data source preparation procedure exists and is up-to-date
      adp_init t..."
    (procedure "adp_prepare" line 2)
    invoked from within
"adp_prepare "
    (procedure "template::adp_parse" line 30)
    invoked from within
"template::adp_parse [file root [ad_conn file]] {}"
    (procedure "adp_parse_ad_conn_file" line 7)
    invoked from within
"$handler"
    ("uplevel" body line 2)
    invoked from within
"uplevel $code"
    invoked from within
"ad_try {
	$handler
      } ad_script_abort val {
	# do nothing
      }"
    invoked from within
"rp_serve_concrete_file [ad_conn file]"
    (procedure "rp_serve_abstract_file" line 60)
    invoked from within
"rp_serve_abstract_file "$root/$path""
    ("uplevel" body line 2)
    invoked from within
"uplevel $code"
    invoked from within
"ad_try {
	rp_serve_abstract_file "$root/$path"
	set tcl_url2file([ad_conn url]) [ad_conn file]
	set tcl_url2path_info([ad_conn url]) [ad_conn path_inf..."
I'll rephrase. I am not sure how to interpret this error. (how well tested is this test??)

Does this error suggest that there is a problem with the system/server configuration or install?

Or, that the Database Access API test is not entirely fault tollerant, such as for this system running on freeBSD with postgres running on a separate server?

I am trying to diagnose an obscure problem and want to eliminate red herrings (diagnostic paths that lead nowhere) instead of create them.