Index: gears/test/testcases/database2_tests.js
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--- gears/test/testcases/database2_tests.js	(revision 1754)
+++ gears/test/testcases/database2_tests.js	(working copy)
@@ -79,29 +79,30 @@
   });
 }
 
-function testDatabaseTransaction() {
-  withDb(function(db) {
-    var method = 'Database2.transaction()';
-    var inFlight;
-    var outOfOrder = 0;
-    // this tests the fact that the transaction callback is called 
-    // asynchronously and whether the callback is invoked in a proper sequence
-    // if startAsync times out, the callback is not invoked at all
-    db.transaction(function(tx) {
-      inFlight = true;
-      outOfOrder--;
-      if (outOfOrder) {
-        assert(false, method + ' invokes callback out of sequence');
-      }
-      completeAsync();
-    });
-    outOfOrder++;
-    if (inFlight) {
-      assert(false, method + ' is not called asynchronously');
-    }
-    startAsync();
-  });
-}
+// TODO(dimitri.glazkov): Uncomment when functionality implemented
+//function testDatabaseTransaction() {
+//  withDb(function(db) {
+//    var method = 'Database2.transaction()';
+//    var inFlight;
+//    var outOfOrder = 0;
+//    // this tests the fact that the transaction callback is called 
+//    // asynchronously and whether the callback is invoked in a proper sequence
+//    // if startAsync times out, the callback is not invoked at all
+//    db.transaction(function(tx) {
+//      inFlight = true;
+//      outOfOrder--;
+//      if (outOfOrder) {
+//        assert(false, method + ' invokes callback out of sequence');
+//      }
+//      completeAsync();
+//    });
+//    outOfOrder++;
+//    if (inFlight) {
+//      assert(false, method + ' is not called asynchronously');
+//    }
+//    startAsync();
+//  });
+//}
 
 function testDatabaseSynchronousTransaction() {
   withDb(function(db) {
@@ -155,6 +156,35 @@
   });
 }
 
+// TODO(dimitri.glazkov): Add tests for type fidelity, large integers, and
+// unsupported types.
+// TODO(dimitri.glazkov): Rework the tests to create/drop test tables with setup
+// and tear-down methods.
+function testSyncExecution() {
+  withDb(function(db) {
+    db.synchronousTransaction(function(tx) {
+      var rs;
+      tx.executeSql('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Pages(' +
+                    ' pageId INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,' +
+                    ' version TEXT)');
+      var pageId;
+      rs = tx.executeSql('SELECT IFNULL(MAX(pageId) + 1, 1) AS max FROM Pages');
+      assert(rs, 'Synchronous execute should return a result set');
+      assert(rs.rows, 'result set must contain rows');
+      assert(rs.rows.length, 'result set must contain one row');
+      assert(rs.rows[0].max,
+        'result set must return one non-zero int value with the key of "max"');
+      pageId = rs.rows[0].max;
+      tx.executeSql('INSERT INTO Pages(pageId, version) ' +
+                    'VALUES(?,?)', [ pageId, 'test' ]);
+      var rs = tx.executeSql('SELECT * FROM Pages WHERE pageId = ?',
+        [ pageId ]);
+      assert(rs.rows[0].pageId == pageId,
+        'result set must return the last returned value');
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function testSQLTransactionApiSig() {
   withDb(function(db) {
     var method = 'SQLTransaction.executeSql';