Provide a mechanism to permit database prefixes for external components
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Reported by: [jchabot](https://www.drupal.org/user/1601810)
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<p>I use Testing with CiviCRM and Views. But, during the execution I receive an database error because the table simpletest00000civicrm_contact doesn't exists.</p>
<p>It's normal, because the civicrm_contact table is in the external module CiviCRM that was not installed during the Testing SetUp.</p>
<p>Here's a list of patches that add two functionnalities</p>
<p>1- Update the Drupal Core and Testing Core to add the possibility to have some prefixes during the Testing execution (these prefixes aren't used during a normal execution, just used during Testing execution).</p>
<p>2- Update the Drupal Core to add the possibility to have the "*" wildcard for database prefix. Because, in my case I have 140+ civicrm tables. And, also, some tables are created by the CiviCRM api during the execution with a name not known at the SetUp phase.</p>
<p>NOTE : Example database setting in settings.php</p>
<pre>$databases = array (<br> 'default' =><br> array (<br> 'default' =><br> array (<br> 'database' => 'aDatabaseName',<br> 'username' => 'aUserName',<br> 'password' => 'aPassWord',<br> 'host' => 'localhost',<br> 'port' => '',<br> 'driver' => 'mysql',<br> 'prefix' => array(<br> 'default' => '',<br> 'simpletest.prefixes' => array(<br> 'civicrm*' => '',<br> ),<br> ),<br> ),<br> ),<br>);</pre><p>I will appreciate your comments :)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
>>> [!note] Pre-migration files
- [bootstrap.inc\_.patch](https://www.drupal.org/files/bootstrap.inc__0.patch)
- [database.inc\_.patch](https://www.drupal.org/files/database.inc_.patch)
- [drupal\_web\_test\_case.php\_.patch](https://www.drupal.org/files/drupal_web_test_case.php_.patch)
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