import unittest
import psycopg2
import re

class TestPostgresQuery(unittest.TestCase):
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        cls.connection = psycopg2.connect(
            host="localhost",
            user="agent",
            password="qwerty",
            dbname="testdb",
            sslmode="disable"
        )
        cls.cursor = cls.connection.cursor()

    def test_explain_is_used(self):
        """Check that EXPLAIN is used in the query."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = file.read()
        condition = normalize_text(query).strip().startswith("explain")
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "EXPLAIN is used at the beginning of the query.",
            "You must use EXPLAIN at the start of your query."
        )

    def test_select_statement_correct(self):
        """Check that the SELECT statement retrieves only name and price from products."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = normalize_text(file.read())
        # Remove EXPLAIN and whitespace
        select_part = re.sub(r"^explain", "", query).strip()
        # Remove trailing semicolon if present
        if select_part.endswith(';'):
            select_part = select_part[:-1].strip()
        # Accept only SELECT name, price FROM products
        pattern = r"^select\s+name\s*,\s*price\s+from\s+products$"
        condition = bool(re.match(pattern, select_part))
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "SELECT statement retrieves only name and price from products.",
            "SELECT query must retrieve only name and price columns from products table."
        )

    def test_no_extra_columns_or_tables(self):
        """Ensure no extra columns or tables are included in the SELECT."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            query = normalize_text(file.read())
        # Remove EXPLAIN
        select_part = query.replace("explain", "", 1).strip()
        forbidden = ["*", "order_items", "orders", "customers", "description", "stock", "product_id"]
        condition = all(word not in select_part for word in forbidden)
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            condition,
            "No extra columns or tables are included in the SELECT statement.",
            "SELECT statement must not include extra columns or reference other tables."
        )


def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

def normalize_text(text):
    text = text.lower()
    text = re.sub(r"\s{2,}", " ", text)
    text = re.sub(r"\s*([,:?])\s*", r"\1 ", text)
    return text.strip()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()


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