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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Copyright 2013 Equinox Software, Inc.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with Koha; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+
+use Modern::Perl;
+
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+
+use C4::Context;
+use_ok('C4::Search', qw/AddSearchHistory PurgeSearchHistory/); # GetSearchHistory is not exported
+
+# Start transaction
+my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+$dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
+$dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;
+
+# start with a clean slate
+$dbh->do('DELETE FROM search_history');
+is(_get_history_count(), 0, 'starting off with nothing in search_history');
+
+# Add some history rows. Note that we're ignoring the return value;
+# since the search_history table doesn't have an auto_increment
+# column, it appears that the value of $dbh->last_insert_id() is
+# useless for determining if the insert failed.
+AddSearchHistory(12345, 'session_1', 'query_desc_1', 'query_cgi_1', 5);
+AddSearchHistory(12345, 'session_1', 'query_desc_2', 'query_cgi_2', 6);
+AddSearchHistory(12345, 'session_1', 'query_desc_3', 'query_cgi_3', 7);
+AddSearchHistory(56789, 'session_2', 'query_desc_4', 'query_cgi_4', 8);
+is(_get_history_count(), 4, 'successfully added four search_history rows');
+
+# We're not testing GetSearchHistory at present because it is broken...
+# see bug 10677
+
+# munge some dates
+my $sth = $dbh->prepare('
+ UPDATE search_history
+ SET time = DATE_SUB(time, INTERVAL ? DAY)
+ WHERE query_desc = ?
+');
+$sth->execute(46, 'query_desc_1');
+$sth->execute(31, 'query_desc_2');
+
+PurgeSearchHistory(45);
+is(_get_history_count(), 3, 'purged history older than 45 days');
+PurgeSearchHistory(30);
+is(_get_history_count(), 2, 'purged history older than 30 days');
+PurgeSearchHistory(-1);
+is(_get_history_count(), 0, 'purged all history');
+
+sub _get_history_count {
+ my $count_sth = $dbh->prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM search_history');
+ $count_sth->execute();
+ my $count = $count_sth->fetchall_arrayref();
+ return $count->[0]->[0];
+}
+
+$dbh->rollback;