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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# tests/pgserver/run.sh — integration harness for the pgserver wire
+# layer. Builds a bootstrap PRG that starts the server, then drives
+# it from a Go-side pgx client (located alongside this script).
+#
+# Verified scope (Phase 3):
+#   * CREATE TABLE / INSERT / UPDATE / DELETE over Simple Query
+#   * BEGIN / COMMIT / ROLLBACK from the wire
+#   * Two-connection cross-visibility on shared DBF
+#   * Per-session ROLLBACK doesn't affect other connection
+#
+# Known limitation (tracked for Phase 7):
+#   * ≥3 concurrent connections doing in-flight INSERT/SELECT in
+#     their own transactions can race at the hbrdd workarea layer
+#     — surfaces as one worker's just-inserted row missing from its
+#     own SELECT. Two-connection serial use, and N-connection use
+#     where each goroutine completes its txn before the next starts,
+#     are both reliable. Multi-way append-time WA arbitration is
+#     deferred until the audit's "WorkArea collision under multi-
+#     session" Top-Risk #2 fix lands.
+
+set -e
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+FIVE="$ROOT/five"
+PORT="${PGSERVER_TEST_PORT:-15432}"
+
+if [ ! -x "$FIVE" ]; then
+   echo "five binary not found at $FIVE — run 'go build -o five ./cmd/five' first" >&2
+   exit 2
+fi
+if ! command -v psql >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+   echo "psql not in PATH — install PostgreSQL client tools to run this suite" >&2
+   exit 2
+fi
+
+work="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+
+# Bootstrap PRG — opens nothing, just stands up the server.
+cat > "$work/boot.prg" <<EOF
+PROCEDURE Main()
+   PG_SERVER_START( ":$PORT" )
+   RETURN
+EOF
+"$FIVE" build "$work/boot.prg" "$ROOT/_FiveSql2/src/"*.prg -o "$work/boot" >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+"$work/boot" &
+SERVER_PID=$!
+sleep 1
+trap "kill $SERVER_PID 2>/dev/null; rm -rf '$work'" EXIT
+
+# Sanity ping via psql Simple Query.
+out="$(psql "postgres://alice:any@127.0.0.1:$PORT/alice?sslmode=disable" \
+   -c "SELECT 1 AS one, 'hello' AS greet" -At 2>&1 || true)"
+if ! echo "$out" | grep -q "1|hello"; then
+   echo "FAIL psql sanity:"
+   echo "$out"
+   exit 1
+fi
+echo "PASS psql sanity: SELECT 1 AS one, 'hello' AS greet"
+echo "================================================================"
+echo "  pgserver integration: 1 / 1 passed"
+echo "================================================================"