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2 MySQL Backend
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5 :version: $Revision: 1.13 $
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 you can modify MYSQL_* constants in the file test/test_db.py with
41 the correct values.
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``).