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1 =============
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2 MySQL Backend
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3 =============
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5 :version: $Revision: 1.11 $
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7 This notes detail the MySQL backend for the Roundup issue tracker.
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10 Prerequisites
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13 To use MySQL as the backend for storing roundup data, you also need
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14 to install:
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16 1. MySQL RDBMS 4.0.16 or higher - http://www.mysql.com. Your MySQL
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17 installation MUST support InnoDB tables (or Berkeley DB (BDB) tables
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18 if you have no other choice). If you're running < 4.0.16 (but not <4.0)
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19 then you'll need to use BDB to pass all unit tests. Edit the
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20 ``roundup/backends/back_mysql.py`` file to enable DBD instead of InnoDB.
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21 2. Python MySQL interface - http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
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23 .. note::
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24 The InnoDB implementation has a bug__ that Roundup tickles. See
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26 __ http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=1810
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28 Running the MySQL tests
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31 Roundup tests expect an empty MySQL database. Two alternate ways to provide
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32 this:
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34 1. If you have root permissions on the MySQL server, you can create
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35 the necessary database entries using the follwing SQL sequence. Use
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36 ``mysql`` on the command line to enter::
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38 CREATE DATABASE rounduptest;
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39 USE rounduptest;
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40 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON rounduptest.* TO rounduptest@localhost
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41 IDENTIFIED BY 'rounduptest';
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42 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
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44 2. If your administrator has provided you with database connection info,
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45 you can modify MYSQL_* constants in the file test/test_db.py with
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46 the correct values.
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48 The MySQL database should not contain any tables. Tests will not
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49 drop the database with existing data.
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52 Showing MySQL who's boss
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55 If things ever get to the point where that test database is totally hosed,
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56 just::
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58 $ su -
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59 # /etc/init.d/mysql stop
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60 # rm -rf /var/lib/mysql/rounduptest
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61 # /etc/init.d/mysql start
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63 and all will be better (note that on some systems, ``mysql`` is spelt
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64 ``mysqld``).

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