From 3005801e369b2053eea86042c342a1ace953260e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mostlyconsistent <martin.kysel@smartcontract.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2026 10:43:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fail fast when CL_DATABASE_URL is unset in test helpers

---
 pkg/testutils/sql.go | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/testutils/sql.go b/pkg/testutils/sql.go
index 43e8f273b4..d8d7d1fafb 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/sql.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/sql.go
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ import (
 func NewSqlxDB(t testing.TB) *sqlx.DB {
 	SkipShortDB(t)
 	dbURL := os.Getenv("CL_DATABASE_URL")
-	if dbURL == "" {
-		t.Errorf("you must provide a CL_DATABASE_URL environment variable")
-		return nil
-	}
+	require.NotEmpty(t, dbURL, "you must provide a CL_DATABASE_URL environment variable")
 	return sqltest.NewDB(t, dbURL)
 }