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2 MySQL Backend
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7 This notes detail the MySQL backend for the Roundup issue tracker.
10 Prerequisites
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13 To use MySQL as the backend for storing roundup data, you also need
14 to install:
16 1. MySQL RDBMS 4.0.18 or higher - http://www.mysql.com. Your MySQL
17 installation MUST support InnoDB tables (or Berkeley DB (BDB) tables
18 if you have no other choice). If you're running < 4.0.18 (but not <4.0)
19 then you'll need to use BDB to pass all unit tests. Edit the
20 ``roundup/backends/back_mysql.py`` file to enable DBD instead of InnoDB.
21 2. Python MySQL interface - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
23 Running the MySQL tests
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26 Roundup tests expect an empty MySQL database. Two alternate ways to provide
27 this:
29 1. If you have root permissions on the MySQL server, you can create
30 the necessary database entries using the follwing SQL sequence. Use
31 ``mysql`` on the command line to enter::
33 CREATE DATABASE rounduptest;
34 USE rounduptest;
35 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON rounduptest.* TO rounduptest@localhost
36 IDENTIFIED BY 'rounduptest';
37 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
39 2. If your administrator has provided you with database connection info,
40 see the config values in 'test/db_test_base.py'
41 about which database connection, name and user will be used.
43 The MySQL database should not contain any tables. Tests will not
44 drop the database with existing data.
47 Showing MySQL who's boss
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50 If things ever get to the point where that test database is totally hosed,
51 just::
53 $ su -
54 # /etc/init.d/mysql stop
55 # rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/rounduptest
56 # /etc/init.d/mysql start
58 and all will be better (note that on some systems, ``mysql`` is spelt
59 ``mysqld``).