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.\" mysqltest
.\" mysqltest_embedded
.SH "NAME"
mysqltest \- program to run test cases
.br
mysqltest_embedded \- program to run embedded test cases
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBmysqltest\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysqltest [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.HP \w'\fBmysqltest_embedded\ [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB]\ [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR\ 'u
\fBmysqltest_embedded [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBmysqltest\fR
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
\fBmysqltest\fR
via
\fBmysql\-test\-run\&.pl\fR
rather than invoking it directly\&.
.PP
\fBmysqltest_embedded\fR
is similar but is built with support for the
libmysqld
embedded server\&.
.PP
Features of
\fBmysqltest\fR:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Can send SQL statements to MySQL servers for execution
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Can execute external shell commands
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Can test whether the result from an SQL statement or shell command is as expected
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Can connect to one or more standalone
\fBmysqld\fR
servers and switch between connections
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Can connect to an embedded server (libmysqld), if MySQL is compiled with support for
libmysqld\&. (In this case, the executable is named
\fBmysqltest_embedded\fR
rather than
\fBmysqltest\fR\&.)
.RE
.PP
By default,
\fBmysqltest\fR
reads the test case on the standard input\&. To run
\fBmysqltest\fR
this way, you normally invoke it like this:
.sp
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
shell> \fBmysqltest [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] [\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR\fB] < \fR\fB\fItest_file\fR\fR
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
You can also name the test case file with a
\fB\-\-test\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
option\&.
.PP
The exit value from
\fBmysqltest\fR
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)\&.
.PP
\fBmysqltest\fR
supports the following options:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: help option
.\" help option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-help\fR,
\fB\-?\fR
.sp
Display a help message and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: basedir option
.\" basedir option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-basedir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-b \fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The base directory for tests\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: character-sets-dir option
.\" character-sets-dir option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-character\-sets\-dir=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The directory where character sets are installed\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: compress option
.\" compress option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-compress\fR,
\fB\-C\fR
.sp
Compress all information sent between the client and the server if both support compression\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: currsor-protocol option
.\" cursor-protocol option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-cursor\-protocol\fR
.sp
Use cursors for prepared statements\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: database option
.\" database option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-database=\fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-D \fR\fB\fIdb_name\fR\fR
.sp
The default database to use\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: debug option
.\" debug option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-debug[=\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-#[\fR\fB\fIdebug_options\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
Write a debugging log if MySQL is built with debugging support\&. The default
\fIdebug_options\fR
value is
\'d:t:S:i:O,/tmp/mysqltest\&.trace\'\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: debug-check option
.\" debug-check option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-debug\-check\fR
.sp
Print some debugging information when the program exits\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: debug-info option
.\" debug-info option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-debug\-info\fR
.sp
Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics when the program exits\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: host option
.\" host option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-host=\fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-h \fR\fB\fIhost_name\fR\fR
.sp
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: include option
.\" include option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-include=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-i \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
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
\fBmysqltest\fR
test files\&. This option has the same effect as putting a
\-\-source \fIfile_name\fR
command as the first line of the test file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: logdir option
.\" logdir option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-logdir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The directory to use for log files\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: mark-progress option
.\" mark-progress option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-mark\-progress\fR
.sp
Write the line number and elapsed time to
\fItest_file\fR\&.progress\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: max-connect-retries option
.\" max-connect-retries option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-max\-connect\-retries=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.sp
The maximum number of connection attempts when connecting to server\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: max-connections option
.\" max-connections option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-max\-connections=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.sp
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\&.
.sp
This option is available from MySQL 5\&.1\&.45\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: no-defaults option
.\" no-defaults option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-no\-defaults\fR
.sp
Do not read default options from any option files\&. If used, this must be the first option\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: password option
.\" password option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-password[=\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR,
\fB\-p[\fR\fB\fIpassword\fR\fR\fB]\fR
.sp
The password to use when connecting to the server\&. If you use the short option form (\fB\-p\fR), you
\fIcannot\fR
have a space between the option and the password\&. If you omit the
\fIpassword\fR
value following the
\fB\-\-password\fR
or
\fB\-p\fR
option on the command line, you are prompted for one\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: port option
.\" port option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-port=\fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR,
\fB\-P \fR\fB\fIport_num\fR\fR
.sp
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: ps-protocol option
.\" ps-protocol option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-ps\-protocol\fR
.sp
Use the prepared\-statement protocol for communication\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: quiet option
.\" quiet option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-quiet\fR
.sp
Suppress all normal output\&. This is a synonym for
.\" mysqltest: silent option
.\" silent option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-silent\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: record option
.\" record option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-record\fR,
\fB\-r\fR
.sp
Record the output that results from running the test file into the file named by the
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR
option, if that option is given\&. It is an error to use this option without also using
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: result-file option
.\" result-file option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-result\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-R \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
This option specifies the file for test case expected results\&.
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR, together with
\fB\-\-record\fR, determines how
\fBmysqltest\fR
treats the test actual and expected results for a test case:
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
If the test produces no results,
\fBmysqltest\fR
exits with an error message to that effect, unless
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR
is given and the named file is an empty file\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
Otherwise, if
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR
is not given,
\fBmysqltest\fR
sends test results to the standard output\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
With
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR
but not
\fB\-\-record\fR,
\fBmysqltest\fR
reads the expected results from the given file and compares them with the actual results\&. If the results do not match,
\fBmysqltest\fR
writes a
\&.reject
file in the same directory as the result file, outputs a diff of the two files, and exits with an error\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
With both
\fB\-\-result\-file\fR
and
\fB\-\-record\fR,
\fBmysqltest\fR
updates the given file by writing the actual test results to it\&.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: server-arg option
.\" server-arg option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-server\-arg=\fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR,
\fB\-A \fR\fB\fIvalue\fR\fR
.sp
Pass the argument as an argument to the embedded server\&. For example,
\fB\-\-server\-arg=\-\-tmpdir=/tmp\fR
or
\fB\-\-server\-arg=\-\-core\fR\&. Up to 64 arguments can be given\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: server-file option
.\" server-file option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-server\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-F \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Read arguments for the embedded server from the given file\&. The file should contain one argument per line\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: silent option
.\" silent option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-silent\fR,
\fB\-s\fR
.sp
Suppress all normal output\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: skip-safemalloc option
.\" skip-safemalloc option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-skip\-safemalloc\fR
.sp
Do not use memory allocation checking\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: sleep option
.\" sleep option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-sleep=\fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR,
\fB\-T \fR\fB\fInum\fR\fR
.sp
Cause all
sleep
commands in the test case file to sleep
\fInum\fR
seconds\&. This option does not affect
real_sleep
commands\&.
.sp
As of MySQL 5\&.0\&.23, an option value of 0 can be used, which effectively disables
sleep
commands in the test case\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: socket option
.\" socket option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-socket=\fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR,
\fB\-S \fR\fB\fIpath\fR\fR
.sp
The socket file to use when connecting to
localhost
(which is the default host)\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: sp-protocol option
.\" sp-protocol option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-sp\-protocol\fR
.sp
Execute DML statements within a stored procedure\&. For every DML statement,
\fBmysqltest\fR
creates and invokes a stored procedure that executes the statement rather than executing the statement directly\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: tail-lines option
.\" tail-lines option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-tail\-lines=\fR\fB\fInn\fR\fR
.sp
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\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: test-file option
.\" test-file option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-test\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-x \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
Read test input from this file\&. The default is to read from the standard input\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: timer-file option
.\" timer-file option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-timer\-file=\fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-m \fR\fB\fIfile_name\fR\fR
.sp
If given, the number of millisecond spent running the test will be written to this file\&. This is used by
\fBmysql\-test\-run\&.pl\fR
for its reporting\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: tmpdir option
.\" tmpdir option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-tmpdir=\fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-t \fR\fB\fIdir_name\fR\fR
.sp
The temporary directory where socket files are created\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: user option
.\" user option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-user=\fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR,
\fB\-u \fR\fB\fIuser_name\fR\fR
.sp
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: verbose option
.\" verbose option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-verbose\fR,
\fB\-v\fR
.sp
Verbose mode\&. Print out more information about what the program does\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: version option
.\" version option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-version\fR,
\fB\-V\fR
.sp
Display version information and exit\&.
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
.ie n \{\
\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
.\}
.el \{\
.sp -1
.IP \(bu 2.3
.\}
.\" mysqltest: view-protocol option
.\" view-protocol option: mysqltest
\fB\-\-view\-protocol\fR
.sp
Every
SELECT
statement is wrapped inside a view\&. This option was added in MySQL 5\&.0\&.19\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 2007, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation 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.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
.sp
.SH "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/.
.SH AUTHOR
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).