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If a table is altered using the MDEV-11369/MDEV-15562/MDEV-13134 ALGORITHM=INSTANT, it can force the table to use a non-canonical format: * A hidden metadata record at the start of the clustered index is used to store each column's DEFAULT value. This makes it possible to add new columns that have default values without rebuilding the table. * Starting with MDEV-15562 in MariaDB Server 10.4, a BLOB in the hidden metadata record is used to store column mappings. This makes it possible to drop or reorder columns without rebuilding the table. This also makes it possible to add columns to any position or drop columns from any position in the table without rebuilding the table. If a column is dropped without rebuilding the table, old records will contain garbage in that column's former position, and new records will be written with NULL values, empty strings, or dummy values. This is generally not a problem. However, there may be cases where users may want to avoid putting a table into this format. For example, users may want to ensure that future UPDATE operations after an ADD COLUMN will be performed in-place, to reduce write amplification. (Instantly added columns are essentially always variable-length.) Users might also want to avoid bugs similar to MDEV-19916, or they may want to be able to export tables to older versions of the server. We will introduce the option innodb_instant_alter_column_allowed, with the following values: * never (0): Do not allow instant add/drop/reorder, to maintain format compatibility with MariaDB 10.x and MySQL 5.x. If the table (or partition) is not in the canonical format, then any ALTER TABLE (even one that does not involve instant column operations) will force a table rebuild. * add_last (1, default in 10.3): Store a hidden metadata record that allows columns to be appended to the table instantly (MDEV-11369). In 10.4 or later, if the table (or partition) is not in this format, then any ALTER TABLE (even one that does not involve column changes) will force a table rebuild. Starting with 10.4: * add_drop_reorder (2, default): Like 'add_last', but allow the metadata record to store a column map, to support instant add/drop/reorder of columns (MDEV-15562).
This directory contains test suites for the MariaDB server. To run currently existing test cases, execute ./mysql-test-run in this directory. Some tests are known to fail on some platforms or be otherwise unreliable. The file "unstable-tests" contains the list of such tests along with a comment for every test. To exclude them from the test run, execute # ./mysql-test-run --skip-test-list=unstable-tests In general you do not have to have to do "make install", and you can have a co-existing MariaDB installation, the tests will not conflict with it. To run the tests in a source directory, you must do "make" first. In Red Hat distributions, you should run the script as user "mysql". The user is created with nologin shell, so the best bet is something like # su - # cd /usr/share/mysql-test # su -s /bin/bash mysql -c "./mysql-test-run --skip-test-list=unstable-tests" This will use the installed MariaDB executables, but will run a private copy of the server process (using data files within /usr/share/mysql-test), so you need not start the mysqld service beforehand. You can omit --skip-test-list option if you want to check whether the listed failures occur for you. To clean up afterwards, remove the created "var" subdirectory, e.g. # su -s /bin/bash - mysql -c "rm -rf /usr/share/mysql-test/var" If one or more tests fail on your system on reasons other than listed in lists of unstable tests, please read the following manual section for instructions on how to report the problem: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/reporting-bugs If you want to use an already running MySQL server for specific tests, use the --extern option to mysql-test-run. Please note that in this mode, you are expected to provide names of the tests to run. For example, here is the command to run the "alias" and "analyze" tests with an external server: # mysql-test-run --extern socket=/tmp/mysql.sock alias analyze To match your setup, you might need to provide other relevant options. With no test names on the command line, mysql-test-run will attempt to execute the default set of tests, which will certainly fail, because many tests cannot run with an external server (they need to control the options with which the server is started, restart the server during execution, etc.) You can create your own test cases. To create a test case, create a new file in the main subdirectory using a text editor. The file should have a .test extension. For example: # xemacs t/test_case_name.test In the file, put a set of SQL statements that create some tables, load test data, and run some queries to manipulate it. Your test should begin by dropping the tables you are going to create and end by dropping them again. This ensures that you can run the test over and over again. If you are using mysqltest commands in your test case, you should create the result file as follows: # mysql-test-run --record test_case_name or # mysqltest --record < t/test_case_name.test If you only have a simple test case consisting of SQL statements and comments, you can create the result file in one of the following ways: # mysql-test-run --record test_case_name # mysql test < t/test_case_name.test > r/test_case_name.result # mysqltest --record --database test --result-file=r/test_case_name.result < t/test_case_name.test When this is done, take a look at r/test_case_name.result. If the result is incorrect, you have found a bug. In this case, you should edit the test result to the correct results so that we can verify that the bug is corrected in future releases. If you want to submit your test case you can send it to maria-developers@lists.launchpad.net or attach it to a bug report on http://mariadb.org/jira/. If the test case is really big or if it contains 'not public' data, then put your .test file and .result file(s) into a tar.gz archive, add a README that explains the problem, ftp the archive to ftp://ftp.askmonty.org/private and submit a report to http://mariadb.org/jira about it. The latest information about mysql-test-run can be found at: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mysqltest/ If you want to create .rdiff files, check https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/mysql-test-auxiliary-files/