package pgutil import ( "database/sql" "fmt" "sync" "testing" "time" ) // TestExecuteTx verifies transaction retry using the classic // example of write skew in bank account balance transfers. func TestWithTx(t *testing.T) { db, err := sql.Open( "postgres", "host=127.0.0.1 dbname=test sslmode=disable user=test password=test") if err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } if err := DropAllTables(db); err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } defer db.Close() initStmt := ` CREATE TABLE t (acct INT PRIMARY KEY, balance INT); INSERT INTO t (acct, balance) VALUES (1, 100), (2, 100); ` if _, err := db.Exec(initStmt); err != nil { t.Fatal(err) } type queryI interface { Query(string, ...interface{}) (*sql.Rows, error) } getBalances := func(q queryI) (bal1, bal2 int, err error) { var rows *sql.Rows rows, err = q.Query(`SELECT balance FROM t WHERE acct IN (1, 2);`) if err != nil { return } defer rows.Close() balances := []*int{&bal1, &bal2} i := 0 for ; rows.Next(); i++ { if err = rows.Scan(balances[i]); err != nil { return } } if i != 2 { err = fmt.Errorf("expected two balances; got %d", i) return } return } txRunner := SerialTxRunner{100 * time.Millisecond, 800 * time.Millisecond} runTxn := func(wg *sync.WaitGroup, iter *int) <-chan error { errCh := make(chan error, 1) go func() { *iter = 0 errCh <- txRunner.WithTx(db, func(tx *sql.Tx) error { *iter++ bal1, bal2, err := getBalances(tx) if err != nil { return err } // If this is the first iteration, wait for the other tx to // also read. if *iter == 1 { wg.Done() wg.Wait() } // Now, subtract from one account and give to the other. if bal1 > bal2 { if _, err := tx.Exec(` UPDATE t SET balance=balance-100 WHERE acct=1; UPDATE t SET balance=balance+100 WHERE acct=2; `); err != nil { return err } } else { if _, err := tx.Exec(` UPDATE t SET balance=balance+100 WHERE acct=1; UPDATE t SET balance=balance-100 WHERE acct=2; `); err != nil { return err } } return nil }) }() return errCh } var wg sync.WaitGroup wg.Add(2) var iters1, iters2 int txn1Err := runTxn(&wg, &iters1) txn2Err := runTxn(&wg, &iters2) if err := <-txn1Err; err != nil { t.Errorf("expected success in txn1; got %s", err) } if err := <-txn2Err; err != nil { t.Errorf("expected success in txn2; got %s", err) } if iters1+iters2 <= 2 { t.Errorf("expected retries between the competing transactions; "+ "got txn1=%d, txn2=%d", iters1, iters2) } bal1, bal2, err := getBalances(db) if err != nil || bal1 != 100 || bal2 != 100 { t.Errorf("expected balances to be restored without error; "+ "got acct1=%d, acct2=%d: %s", bal1, bal2, err) } }