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mysqltest (1)

Name

mysqltest - program to run test cases mysqltest_embedded - program to run embedded test cases

Synopsis

mysqltest [options] [db_name]

mysqltest_embedded [options] [db_name]

Description




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NAME
     mysqltest - program to run test cases
     mysqltest_embedded - program to run embedded test cases

SYNOPSIS
     mysqltest [options] [db_name]

     mysqltest_embedded [options] [db_name]

DESCRIPTION
     The mysqltest program runs a test case against a MySQL
     server and optionally compares the output with a result
     file. This program reads input written in a special test
     language. Typically, you invoke mysqltest using
     mysql-test-run.pl rather than invoking it directly.

     mysqltest_embedded is similar but is built with support for
     the libmysqld embedded server.

     Features of mysqltest:

     o   Can send SQL statements to MySQL servers for execution

     o   Can execute external shell commands

     o   Can test whether the result from an SQL statement or
         shell command is as expected

     o   Can connect to one or more standalone mysqld servers and
         switch between connections

     o   Can connect to an embedded server (libmysqld), if MySQL
         is compiled with support for libmysqld. (In this case,
         the executable is named mysqltest_embedded rather than
         mysqltest.)

     By default, mysqltest reads the test case on the standard
     input. To run mysqltest this way, you normally invoke it
     like this:

         shell> mysqltest [options] [db_name] < test_file

     You can also name the test case file with a
     --test-file=file_name option.

     The exit value from mysqltest is 0 for success, 1 for
     failure, and 62 if it skips the test case (for example, if
     after checking some preconditions it decides not to run the
     test).

     mysqltest supports the following options:




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     o   --help, -?

         Display a help message and exit.

     o   --basedir=dir_name, -b dir_name

         The base directory for tests.

     o   --character-sets-dir=path

         The directory where character sets are installed.

     o   --compress, -C

         Compress all information sent between the client and the
         server if both support compression.

     o   --cursor-protocol

         Use cursors for prepared statements.

     o   --database=db_name, -D db_name

         The default database to use.

     o   --debug[=debug_options], -#[debug_options]

         Write a debugging log if MySQL is built with debugging
         support. The default debug_options value is
         'd:t:S:i:O,/tmp/mysqltest.trace'.

     o   --debug-check

         Print some debugging information when the program exits.

     o   --debug-info

         Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage
         statistics when the program exits.

     o   --host=host_name, -h host_name

         Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.

     o   --include=file_name, -i file_name

         Include the contents of the given file before processing
         the contents of the test file. The included file should
         have the same format as other mysqltest test files. This
         option has the same effect as putting a --source
         file_name command as the first line of the test file.




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     o   --logdir=dir_name

         The directory to use for log files.

     o   --mark-progress

         Write the line number and elapsed time to
         test_file.progress.

     o   --max-connect-retries=num

         The maximum number of connection attempts when
         connecting to server.

     o   --max-connections=num

         The maximum number of simultaneous server connections
         per client (that is, per test). If not set, the maximum
         is 128. Minimum allowed limit is 8, maximum is 5120.

         This option is available from MySQL 5.1.45.

     o   --no-defaults

         Do not read default options from any option files. If
         used, this must be the first option.

     o   --plugin-dir=path

         The directory in which to look for plugins. It may be
         necessary to specify this option if the default_auth
         argument is used for the connect() command to specify an
         authentication plugin but mysqltest does not find it.
         This option was added in MySQL 5.5.7.

     o   --password[=password], -p[password]

         The password to use when connecting to the server. If
         you use the short option form (-p), you cannot have a
         space between the option and the password. If you omit
         the password value following the --password or -p option
         on the command line, you are prompted for one.

     o   --port=port_num, -P port_num

         The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.

     o   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}

         Choose the protocol for communication with the server.
         SOCKET is default.




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         The --protocol option is available from MySQL 5.1.51. It
         is ignored if running with the embedded server.

     o   --ps-protocol

         Use the prepared-statement protocol for communication.

     o   --quiet

         Suppress all normal output. This is a synonym for
         --silent.

     o   --record, -r

         Record the output that results from running the test
         file into the file named by the --result-file option, if
         that option is given. It is an error to use this option
         without also using --result-file.

     o   --result-file=file_name, -R file_name

         This option specifies the file for test case expected
         results.  --result-file, together with --record,
         determines how mysqltest treats the test actual and
         expected results for a test case:

         o   If the test produces no results, mysqltest exits
             with an error message to that effect, unless
             --result-file is given and the named file is an
             empty file.

         o   Otherwise, if --result-file is not given, mysqltest
             sends test results to the standard output.

         o   With --result-file but not --record, mysqltest reads
             the expected results from the given file and
             compares them with the actual results. If the
             results do not match, mysqltest writes a .reject
             file in the same directory as the result file,
             outputs a diff of the two files, and exits with an
             error.

         o   With both --result-file and --record, mysqltest
             updates the given file by writing the actual test
             results to it.

     o   --server-arg=value, -A value

         Pass the argument as an argument to the embedded server.
         For example, --server-arg=--tmpdir=/tmp or
         --server-arg=--core. Up to 64 arguments can be given.




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     o   --server-file=file_name, -F file_name

         Read arguments for the embedded server from the given
         file. The file should contain one argument per line.

     o   --server-public-key-path=file_name

         The path name to a file containing the server RSA public
         key. The file must be in PEM format. The public key is
         used for RSA encryption of the client password for
         connections to the server made using accounts that
         authenticate with the sha256_password plugin. This
         option is ignored for client accounts that do not
         authenticate with that plugin. It is also ignored if
         password encryption is not needed, as is the case when
         the client connects to the server using an SSL
         connection.

         The server sends the public key to the client as needed,
         so it is not necessary to use this option for RSA
         password encryption to occur. It is more efficient to do
         so because then the server need not send the key.

         For additional discussion regarding use of the
         sha256_password plugin, including how to get the RSA
         public key, see blue]The SHA-256 Authentication
         Plugin][1].

         This option is available only if MySQL was built using
         OpenSSL. It was added in MySQL 5.6.6 under the name
         --server-public-key and renamed in 5.6.7 to
         --server-public-key-path.

     o   --silent, -s

         Suppress all normal output.

     o   --skip-safemalloc

         Do not use memory allocation checking.

     o   --sleep=num, -T num

         Cause all sleep commands in the test case file to sleep
         num seconds. This option does not affect real_sleep
         commands.

         As of MySQL 5.0.23, an option value of 0 can be used,
         which effectively disables sleep commands in the test
         case.

     o   --socket=path, -S path



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         The socket file to use when connecting to localhost
         (which is the default host).

     o   --sp-protocol

         Execute DML statements within a stored procedure. For
         every DML statement, mysqltest creates and invokes a
         stored procedure that executes the statement rather than
         executing the statement directly.

     o   --tail-lines=nn

         Specify how many lines of the result to include in the
         output if the test fails because an SQL statement fails.
         The default is 0, meaning no lines of result printed.

     o   --test-file=file_name, -x file_name

         Read test input from this file. The default is to read
         from the standard input.

     o   --timer-file=file_name, -m file_name

         If given, the number of millisecond spent running the
         test will be written to this file. This is used by
         mysql-test-run.pl for its reporting.

     o   --tmpdir=dir_name, -t dir_name

         The temporary directory where socket files are created.

     o   --user=user_name, -u user_name

         The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the
         server.

     o   --verbose, -v

         Verbose mode. Print out more information about what the
         program does.

     o   --version, -V

         Display version information and exit.

     o   --view-protocol

         Every SELECT statement is wrapped inside a view. This
         option was added in MySQL 5.0.19.

COPYRIGHT




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ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     +---------------+-------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE   |
     +---------------+-------------------+
     |Availability   | database/mysql-55 |
     +---------------+-------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted       |
     +---------------+-------------------+
NOTES
      1. The SHA-256 Authentication Plugin
         http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/sha256-authentication-plugin.html

SEE ALSO
     For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference
     Manual, which may already be installed locally and which is
     also available online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
     Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).


     This software was built from source available at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original
     community source was downloaded from



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     http://downloads.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.5/mysql-5.5.31.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://dev.mysql.com/.



















































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