MySQL provides two different tools to test the MySQL Server with SQL statements. One is mysqltest and in 5.1 mysqlslap. Both of these tools have quite different purposes. This is a quick review of the usage of mysqltest.
Current Usage
Under Linux deploys, the README in the mysql-test directory gives you all the information you need to know to run.
To run the full test suite.
cd /opt/mysql/mysql-test ./mysql-test-run
Rather easy, it does take some time, and I was surprised to find a number of tests marked as ’skipped’. The general purpose of having tests in a product is to provide coverage of software functionality, and tests should always be forward …
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