mariadb/mysql-test/suite/funcs_1
Matthias Leich mleich@mysql.com 28f9704737 Fix for
Bug#37167 funcs_1: Many tests fail if the embedded server is used.
   Bug#37164 funcs_1: Some tests fail if an optional character set is missing.
+ some cleanup within the testsuite related to the fixes above
+ some adjustments to open bugs on Mac OS X

Details:
- Remove the initial loading of data from tests if these data
  are not somewhere retrieved
- Remove any use of columns with attribute unicode
  (-> UCS2 is no more needed) from tests where unicode
  properties are not checked or somehow required
- Create a separate branch of the Character maximum length test
  (CML). If UCS2 is available than this test gets applied to
  every available type of string column with attribute unicode
  This prevents any loss of coverage by the points above.
- Disable the execution of is_tables_ndb which gives wrong
  results because of a bug. Correct the exepected results of
  this test.
- In case of tests failing when applied to the embedded server
    1) Create a variant of this test for the embedded server
  or
    2) Skip the test in case of embedded server
  depending on purpose and complexity of test.
- Skip the tests which could suffer from
  Bug 28309 First insert violates unique constraint - was "memory" table empty ?
  Bug 37380 Test funcs_1.is_columns_myisam_embedded fails on OS X
  (both bugs Mac OS X, embedded server, MySQL 5.0 only)
- Minor improvements like remove typos
2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
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bitdata copy from test-extra-5.0 to main tree 2007-02-06 19:07:48 +01:00
cursors Post fix for 2008-03-11 19:54:35 +01:00
datadict Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
include Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
lib copy from test-extra-5.0 to main tree 2007-02-06 19:07:48 +01:00
r Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
storedproc Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
t Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
triggers Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
views Fix for 2008-06-16 20:39:58 +02:00
README.txt Fix for 2008-03-31 19:48:02 +02:00

2008-02-29 Matthias Leich
=========================

1. The testsuite "funcs_1" is mostly intended for additional (compared
   to the common regression tests stored in mysql-test/t) checks
   of features (VIEWS, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, STORED PROCEDURES,...)
   introduced with MySQL 5.0.

2. There were some extensions of this suite when new information_schema
   views were introduced. But in most cases the tests for these views
   were stored within the regression testsuite (mysql-test/t).

   INFORMATION_SCHEMA views introduced with MySQL 5.1
   ==================================================
   ENGINES       (partially tested here)
   EVENTS        (partially tested here)
   FILES
   GLOBAL_STATUS
   GLOBAL_VARIABLES
   PARTITIONS
   PLUGINS
   PROCESSLIST   (full tested here)
   PROFILING
   REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS
   SESSION_STATUS
   SESSION_VARIABLES

3. Some hints for maintainers of this suite:
   - SHOW TABLES ... LIKE '<pattern>'
     does a case sensitive comparison between the tablename and
     the pattern.
     The names of the tables within the informationschema are in uppercase.
     So please use something like
        SHOW TABLES FOR information_schema LIKE 'TABLES'
     when you intend to get the same non empty result set on OS with and
     without case sensitive filesystems and default configuration.
   - The name of the data dictionary is 'information_schema' (lowercase).
   - Server on OS with filesystem with case sensitive filenames
     (= The files 'abc' and 'Abc' can coexist.)
     + default configuration
     Example of behaviour:
     DROP DATABASE information_schema;
     ERROR 42000: Access denied for user ... to database 'information_schema'
     DROP DATABASE INFORMATION_SCHEMA;
     ERROR 42000: Access denied for user ... to database 'INFORMATION_SCHEMA'
   - Try to unify results by
     --replace_result $engine_type <engine_to_be_tested>
     if we could expect that the results for storage engine variants of a
     test differ only in the engine names.
     This makes future maintenance easier.
   - Avoid the use of include/show_msg*.inc.
     They produce "SQL" noise which annoys during server debugging and can be
     easy replaced by "--echo ...".