What's Changed

• Added support for and and or operators when running tests by tags by @lwasylow in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1250
• Allow for test runs over 4 hours by @jgebal in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1243
• Framework performance improvements by @jgebal in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1249
• Support multiple expectation failures with teamcity reporter by @jgebal in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1251
• Address issue where the not_to(contain) not run correctly by @lwasylow in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1246
• Fix regex to be NLS_SORT independent by @jgebal in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1253
• Fix output length error and output buffer. by @jgebal in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1255
• (docs): Update running-unit-tests.md - remove example by @gassenmj in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1261
• The line-rate is not recorded for packages and classes in cobertura coverage reporter by @lwasylow in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1269
• (docs): Fix nested list issue by @iamrachid in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1274
• Update TFS reporter to correct format by @lwasylow in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1270

New Contributors

• @gassenmj made their first contribution in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1261
• @iamrachid made their first contribution in https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/pull/1274

Full Changelog: https://github.com/utPLSQL/utPLSQL/compare/v3.1.13...v3.1.14

Changes in release 3.1.13

New features

• Add ability to run tests by part of a name. Fixed in #1203, resolves #470

Enhancements

• Added documentation section on creating a custom reporter. Fixed in #1225, resolves #710
• Add ability to specify code coverage objects include/exclude masks as regular expressions. Fixed in #1186, resolves #1053

Bug fixes

• Comparing collection that have long type names. Fixed in #1238, resolves #1235.
• Code coverage reporting on code with long lines. Fixed in #1240, resolves #1232, #1087.
• Code coverage reporting does not exclude tests. Fixed in #1226, resolves #1222.
• Uninstall script buffer overflow. Fixed in #1221, resolves #1220.

Internal improvements

• Improved process of generating utPLSQL documentation. Implemented in 689bbd0, resolves #1237.
• Removed username env variables for internal development. Implemented in #1201, resolves #1200.
• Test execution data of utPLSQL project not showing on SonarCloud. Implemented in #1199, resolves #1198.

Changes in release 3.1.12

New features

• Added support for description in the --%disabled annotation. See documentation. Implemented in: #1183, resolves #610.
• Added support for native JSON datatype on Oracle 21c. Implemented in #1181, resolves #1114.
• Added new mather to_be_within( distance|pct ).of_(expoected). See documentation. Implemented in #1076, resolves #77.

Enhancements

• Improved performance of SQL used to retrieve Coverage sources. Implemented in #1187, resolves #1169.
• Added ability for utPLSQL to gather coverage on code invoking DBMS_STATS package. Implemented in #1184, resolves #1097, #1094.
• Fixed typos and improved documentation. Implemented in #1173, #1171

Bug fixes

• Actual and Expected are now correctly reported when comparing JSON data. Implemented in #1181, resolves #1113.
• Packages with removed annotations are now correctly recognized as non-utPLSQL packages. Implemented in #1180, resolves #1177.
• Fixed issues with comparison of nested object structures. Implemented in #1179, resolves #1082, #1083, #1098.

Internal improvements

• Moved build and test process for utPLSQL from Travis to GithubActions. Implemented in #1175

Changes in release 3.1.11

Enhancements

• utPLSQL can now be used to generate coverage reports for external tools. See documentation Implemented in: #1079, resolves #1025
• Enhanced UT_COVERAGE_COBERTURA_REPORTER to better support TFS and GitLab. Implemented in #1137 and #1140, resolves #1107
• Added support for installation on Oracle 21c - removed dependency on DBMS_OBFUSCATION_TOOLKIT. Implemented in #1112, resolves #1111 and #1127
• Added support for running utPLSQL framework in parallel-enabled database. Implemented in #1160, resolves #1134

Bug fixes

• Suite structure is built properly even with other than English TNS settings. Implemented in #1061, resolves #1060
• Fixed XML content reporting (CDATA) in UT_REALTIME_REPORTER used by SQLDeveloper plugin. Implemented in #1075, resolves #1073
• Fixed XML content reporting (CDATA) in JUnit reporter - regression. Implemented in #1085, resolves #1084
• Fixed issue with utPLSQL failing to run coverage reporting when trigger has overlapping name with procedure/function/package/type. Implemented in #1091, resolves #1086
• Fixed issue with parsing utPLSQL suites with DDL trigger when usign AUTHID clause. Implemented in #1093, resolves #1088

Internal improvements

• Improved how privilege checks are handled by framework installation. Implemented in #1056, resolves #1050
• Restructured installation instructions to make it more readable. Implemented in #1063, resolves #1062
• Updated database requirements in documentation. Implemented in #1065, resolves #1064
• Removed duplicated call to install profiler tables. Implemented in #1164, resolves #1149
• Fixed failing internal framework tests on Oracle 21c. Implemented in #1158, resolves #1151
• Fixed confusing typo in documentation. Resolves #1154
• Moved build process from travis-ci.org to travis-ci.com. Implemented in #1152
• Added an example of reporter reporting all expectations, not only the failing ones. Implemented in #1092

Changes in release 3.1.10

Enhancements

• utPLSQL test runner is now validating arguments of --%throws annotations at runtime #721 #1033
• Documented limitations of insignificant spaces comparison in compound data #880
• utPLSQL will now detect empty annotation cache for schema even with DLL trigger enabled #975
• Order of procedures and annotation now determines default order of tests in suite #1036

Bug fixes

• Nested contexts are now properly identified #1034
• TeamCity test reporter is now including error message #1045

Internal improvements

• All self-tests for utPLSQL framework can now be executed using test-owner schema #969
• Misleading rollback warning is no longer showing when running self-tests for utPLSQL #982

Changes in release 3.1.9

New features

• Added ability to define nested contexts within test suite #938
• Added ability to exclude tests/suites by tags when invoking a test-run #1007 #983
• Added new annotation --%name to allow for providing custom name for contexts #1016

Important changes

The value of --%context annotation is no longer representing context name. This value is now context description (displayname). With this change, the --%context annotation is now aligned with --%test and --%suite annotation syntax.

New annotation --%name was introduced to facilitate naming of contexts.

Enhancements

• Improved documentation for running tests
• Improved documentation for tags #1003
• Improved documentation for annotations

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug with bad stacktrace showing in failing/erroring test #1000
• Fixed issue with lack of validation for context name #966
• Fixed problem with install script privilege check for installation with DDL trigger #992
• Fixed issue with some common column names causing cursor comparison to fail #997
• Fixed issue with invocation of standalone expectations on cursor #998

Internal improvements

• Fixed runability of utplsql self-tests #968

Changes in release 3.1.8

New features

• Added support for session context to provide test and suite information during test run #963 #781
• Added ability to invoke expectations without running framework #956 #963
• Failing expectations are now reported with call stack #967 #963

Enhancements

• Improved framework table private data protection #922 #954
• Improved install process. It is now unified for installation with both public and private synonyms #957 #954
• Improved reporting of warnings for integration with SQLDeveloper #964
• Improved query to retrieve coverage sources #981 #970
• Improved security around malicious utPLSQL owner name #920

Bug fixes

• Fixed cursor comparison on Oracle 11.2 #947
• Fixed issue with retrieving suite data #977 #974 #978
• Application context is now reset in session after test run #951

Changes in release 3.1.7

New features

• Added support for comparing json in Oracle 12.2 and above #924
• Introduced tag annotation to enable tagging of tests and suites #66
• Added support for random order of test execution #422

Enhancements

• Added optional install with DDL trigger to speed up framework start #901
• Removed dependency on dbms_utility.name_resolve #569 #885
• New output buffer table structures improving performance and addressing timeout issues #915

Bug fixes

• Fixed ut_realtime_reporter missing warnings in test and suite output structures #936
• Fixed output_buffer purging error #934
• Fixed join_by / exclude / include invalid syntax on collection in anydata compare #912
• Fixed ut_junit_reporter producing invalid output on failing tests with long failure message #927
• Fixed ut_sonar_test_reporter producing invalid output on failing tests with long failure message #925
• Fixed ut_coverage_cobertura_reporter producing wrong line breaks which breaks the xml validation against DTD #917
• Fixed exclude option for ref cursor where column order was not resolved correctly #911
• Fixed unordered option for ref cursor with null values #914
• Fixed number precision when selecting from dual #907
• Fixed ref cursor errors with generated column names #902
• Fixed ORA-00907 when comparing ref cursors with BINARY_ columns #899
• Fixed wrong results when comparing CLOBs with to_be_like in Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 due to Oracle Bug 14402514 #891
• Fixed performance issue with code coverage report on huge PL/SQL code base #882

Documentation improvements

• Added install instructions for DDL trigger #874

Internal enhancements

• Fixed SQL vulnerability on all input parameters used in dynamic SQL and PL/SQL #921
• Fixed message id in output buffer #916
• Included 19c database in self testing #909
• Introduced testing with multiple schemas and different grants #893
• Fixed installation script warnings #879

Bugfix release for v3.1.5

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in release 3.1.5 where to_equal matcher was failing due to privileges when comparing non sql diffable types #870

Improvements

• Reduced number of information displaying about user defined type. We will now display only type name instead of full structure #866

Bugfix release for v3.1.4

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in release 3.1.4 where to_be_empty matcher was failing due to privileges #864