import unittest
import psycopg2
import pandas as pd
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_original_query_exists(self):
        """Check if EXPLAIN output for the original query is produced."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            sql = file.read()
        explain_count = sql.upper().count("EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS WHERE NAME LIKE '%MOUSE%' AND PRICE < 30;")
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            explain_count >= 1,
            "EXPLAIN for the original query is present.",
            "EXPLAIN for the original query is missing."
        )

    def test_index_created(self):
        """Check if an index is created on products(name, price)."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            sql = file.read().upper()
        has_index = "CREATE INDEX IDX_PRODUCTS_NAME_PRICE ON PRODUCTS(NAME, PRICE);" in sql or "CREATE INDEX" in sql
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            has_index,
            "Index creation statement is present.",
            "Index creation statement is missing."
        )

    def test_explain_optimized_query_exists(self):
        """Check if EXPLAIN output for the optimized query is produced."""
        with open("query.sql", "r") as file:
            sql = file.read()
        explain_count = sql.upper().count("EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS WHERE NAME LIKE '%MOUSE%' AND PRICE < 30;")
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            explain_count >= 2,
            "EXPLAIN for the optimized query is present.",
            "EXPLAIN for the optimized query is missing."
        )

    def test_index_used_in_plan(self):
        """Check if the optimized plan uses the created index or an index scan, or at least that the plan is improved (i.e., index is available)."""
        # Create the index first
        self.cursor.execute("DROP INDEX IF EXISTS idx_products_name_price;")
        self.cursor.execute("CREATE INDEX idx_products_name_price ON products(name, price);")
        self.connection.commit()
        # Run EXPLAIN
        self.cursor.execute("EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM products WHERE name LIKE '%Mouse%' AND price < 30;")
        rows = self.cursor.fetchall()
        explain_text = " ".join([row[0] for row in rows]).lower()
        # Acceptable: index scan, bitmap index scan, bitmap heap scan, or mention of the index name
        # But if LIKE '%Mouse%' prevents index use, the index should still exist
        index_exists = False
        self.cursor.execute("SELECT indexname FROM pg_indexes WHERE tablename = 'products';")
        indexes = [row[0] for row in self.cursor.fetchall()]
        for idx in indexes:
            if 'idx_products_name_price' in idx:
                index_exists = True
        uses_index = (
            "index scan" in explain_text or
            "bitmap index scan" in explain_text or
            "bitmap heap scan" in explain_text or
            "idx_products_name_price" in explain_text or
            index_exists
        )
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            uses_index,
            "Optimized plan uses the new index or the index exists for optimizer.",
            "Optimized plan does not use the new index and index does not exist."
        )

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()


test_solution.py

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