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Summary

1. Shows that segfault-bug fixed in caosdb-cpplib!39 (merged) (and that cpplib with boost as a build dependency runs fine)
2. Shows that the bug from caosdb-server!53 (merged) is fixed
3. Shows that https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/customers/cfaed/management/-/issues/40 is fixed

Test Environment

No manual testing needed. Pipelines should be enough

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test/test_transaction.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "caosdb/connection.h"                    // for Connection, Connec...
 #include "caosdb/data_type.h"                     // for AtomicDataType
 #include "caosdb/entity.h"                        // for Entity, Property
+#include "caosdb/file_descriptor.h"               // for FileDescriptor
 #include "caosdb/file_transmission/file_reader.h" // for path, FileReader
 #include "caosdb/file_transmission/file_writer.h" // for FileWriter
 #include "caosdb/message_code.h"                  // for MessageCode, ENTIT...
@@ -60,6 +61,23 @@ public:
   // public utility functions
   // ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+  /**
+   * Generate a vector with useful values for testing.
+   */
+  static auto generateDatetimeValues() -> std::vector<std::string> {
+    std::vector<std::string> values = {
+      // TODO(tf) (these work, but would need conversion here in the tests due
+      // to the time zone information)
+      //"2022-12-24T18:15:00.999999+0200",
+      //"2022-12-24T18:15:00.999999UTC",
+      //"2022-12-24T18:15:00",
+      //"2022-12-24T18:15:00.999999",
+      //"",
+      "2022", "2022-12", "2022-12-24"};
+
+    return values;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Generate a vector with useful values for testing.
    */
@@ -722,14 +740,12 @@ template <typename T, typename S> auto test_numeric_values_impl(AtomicDataType a
     const auto t_stat = retrieve_transaction->WaitForIt();
     EXPECT_TRUE(t_stat.IsTerminated());
     EXPECT_FALSE(t_stat.IsError());
+    ASSERT_EQ(retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().size(), 1);
 
-    if (retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().size() > 0) {
-      const auto result = retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().at(0);
-      EXPECT_EQ(result.GetDataType(), a_type);
-      const auto &retrieved_value = test_transaction::getValueAs<T>(result.GetValue());
-      // std::cout << "retrieved_value: " << retrieved_value << std::endl;
-      EXPECT_EQ(retrieved_value, value);
-    }
+    const auto result = retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().at(0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(result.GetDataType(), a_type);
+    const auto &retrieved_value = test_transaction::getValueAs<T>(result.GetValue());
+    EXPECT_EQ(retrieved_value, value);
     ++i;
   }
 }
@@ -745,6 +761,61 @@ TEST_F(test_transaction, test_numeric_values) {
   test_numeric_values_impl<bool, bool>(AtomicDataType::BOOLEAN);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test date time values.
+ */
+TEST_F(test_transaction, test_datetime_values) {
+  const auto &connection = caosdb::connection::ConnectionManager::GetDefaultConnection();
+
+  // Insert entities
+  auto values_orig = test_transaction::generateDatetimeValues();
+  auto props_orig = std::vector<Entity>();
+  size_t i = 0;
+  for (const auto &value : values_orig) {
+    auto insert_transaction(connection->CreateTransaction());
+    Entity prop;
+    prop.SetRole(Role::PROPERTY);
+    const auto name = std::string("Prop ") + std::to_string(i);
+    std::cout << "Creating: " << name << std::endl;
+    prop.SetName(name);
+    prop.SetDataType(AtomicDataType::DATETIME);
+    std::cout << "Setting value " << value << std::endl;
+    prop.SetValue(value);
+    props_orig.push_back(prop);
+    auto i_stat = insert_transaction->InsertEntity(&prop);
+    EXPECT_EQ(i_stat, StatusCode::GO_ON);
+    insert_transaction->ExecuteAsynchronously();
+    auto t_stat = insert_transaction->WaitForIt();
+    EXPECT_TRUE(t_stat.IsTerminated());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(t_stat.IsError());
+    ++i;
+  }
+
+  // Retrieve and verify
+  i = 0;
+  for (const auto &value : values_orig) {
+    auto retrieve_transaction(connection->CreateTransaction());
+    const auto prop = props_orig[i];
+    const auto name = std::string("Prop ") + std::to_string(i);
+    std::cout << "Retrieving: " << name << std::endl;
+    const auto query = std::string("FIND ENTITY \"") + name + "\"";
+    retrieve_transaction->Query(query);
+    retrieve_transaction->ExecuteAsynchronously();
+    const auto t_stat = retrieve_transaction->WaitForIt();
+    EXPECT_TRUE(t_stat.IsTerminated());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(t_stat.IsError());
+
+    if (retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().size() > 0) {
+      const auto result = retrieve_transaction->GetResultSet().at(0);
+      EXPECT_EQ(result.GetDataType(), AtomicDataType::DATETIME);
+      const auto &retrieved_value = result.GetValue().GetAsString();
+      // std::cout << "retrieved_value: " << retrieved_value << std::endl;
+      EXPECT_EQ(retrieved_value, value);
+    }
+    ++i;
+  }
+}
+
 TEST_F(test_transaction, test_integer_out_of_range) {
   const auto &connection = caosdb::connection::ConnectionManager::GetDefaultConnection();
 
@@ -1109,13 +1180,16 @@ TEST_F(test_transaction, test_file_up_n_download) {
   const auto &download_results = download_transaction->GetResultSet();
   ASSERT_EQ(download_results.size(), 1);
 
-  const auto &downloaded_file = download_results.at(0);
-  ASSERT_FALSE(downloaded_file.GetId().empty());
-  ASSERT_FALSE(downloaded_file.HasErrors());
-  EXPECT_EQ(downloaded_file.GetLocalPath().string(), test_download_file_1.string());
+  auto *downloaded_file = download_results.mutable_at(0);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(downloaded_file->GetId().empty());
+  ASSERT_FALSE(downloaded_file->HasErrors());
+  EXPECT_EQ(downloaded_file->GetLocalPath().string(), test_download_file_1.string());
   EXPECT_EQ(fs::file_size(test_upload_file_1), fs::file_size(test_download_file_1));
-  // test_download_file_1
 
+  // Check FileDescriptor
+  EXPECT_EQ(downloaded_file->GetFileDescriptor().wrapped->path(), "test.txt");
+
+  // test_download_file_1
   FileReader reader_remote(test_download_file_1);
   std::string buffer_local(1024, 'c');
   std::string buffer_remote(1024, 'c');

[Timm Fitschen]

This tests the server's datetime serialization (related to https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/customers/cfaed/management/-/issues/40)