Name
my_prove - Run MyTAP MySQL tests through a TAP harness.
Usage
my_prove -D myapp
my_prove -D testdb tests/
my_prove sometest.sql
Description
my_prove
is a command-line application to run one or more MyTAP tests in a MySQL database. The output of the tests is harvested and processed by TAP::Harness in order to summarize the results of the test.
Tests can be written and run as SQL scripts. If no files or directories are supplied, my_prove
looks for all files matching the pattern t/*.my
. If the tests fail, my_prove
will exit with non-zero status.
Test Scripts
MyTAP test scripts should consist of a series of SQL statements that output TAP. Here’s a simple example that assumes that the MyTAP functions have been installed in the "tap" database:
-- Start transaction and plan the tests.
BEGIN;
SELECT tap.plan(1);
-- Run the tests.
SELECT tap.pass( 'My test passed, w00t!' );
-- Finish the tests and clean up.
CALL finish();
ROLLBACK;
Now run the tests by passing the list of SQL script names to my_prove
. Here’s what it looks like when the MyTAP tests are run with my_prove
% my_prove -u root sql/*.sql
t/coltap.....ok
t/hastap.....ok
t/moretap....ok
t/pktap......ok
All tests successful.
Files=4, Tests=216, 1 wallclock secs ( 0.06 usr 0.02 sys + 0.08 cusr 0.07 csys = 0.23 CPU)
Result: PASS
Options
Boolean options:
-v, --verbose Print all test lines.
-l, --lib Add 'lib' to the path for your tests (-Ilib).
--blib Add 'blib/lib' and 'blib/arch' to the path for
your tests
-s, --shuffle Run the tests in random order.
-c, --color Colored test output (default).
--nocolor Do not color test output.
--count Show the X/Y test count when not verbose
(default)
--nocount Disable the X/Y test count.
--dry Dry run. Show test that would have run.
--ext Set the extension for tests (default '.my')
-f, --failures Show failed tests.
-o, --comments Show comments and diagnostics.
--ignore-exit Ignore exit status from test scripts.
--merge Merge test scripts' STDERR with their STDOUT.
-r, --recurse Recursively descend into directories.
--reverse Run the tests in reverse order.
-q, --quiet Suppress some test output while running tests.
-Q, --QUIET Only print summary results.
--parse Show full list of TAP parse errors, if any.
--directives Only show results with TODO or SKIP directives.
--timer Print elapsed time after each test.
--trap Trap C<Ctrl-C> and print summary on interrupt.
--normalize Normalize TAP output in verbose output
-T Enable tainting checks.
-t Enable tainting warnings.
-W Enable fatal warnings.
-w Enable warnings.
-H, --help Display this help
-?, Display this help
-m, --man Longer manpage for my_prove
--norc Don't process default .proverc
Options that take arguments:
-I Library paths to include.
-P Load plugin (searches App::Prove::Plugin::*.)
-M Load a module.
-e, --exec Interpreter to run the tests ('' for compiled
tests.)
--harness Define test harness to use. See TAP::Harness.
--formatter Result formatter to use. See FORMATTERS.
-a, --archive out.tgz Store the resulting TAP in an archive file.
-j, --jobs N Run N test jobs in parallel (try 9.)
--state=opts Control prove's persistent state.
--rc=rcfile Process options from rcfile
-b --mysql-bin Location of the C<mysql> client.
-D, --database Database to use.
-u, --user User with which to connect.
-p, --password The password to use when connecting.
-h, --host Host to which to connect.
-P, --port Port to which to connect.
Options Details
Database Options
-b
--mysql-bin
-
my_prove --mysql-bin /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql my_prove -b /usr/local/bin/mysql
Path to the
mysql
client program, which will be used to actually run the tests. Defaults to mysql, which should work well if an executable with that name is in your path. -D
--database
-
my_prove --database try my_prove -D root
The name of database to use.
-u
--user
-
my_prove --user foo my_prove -u root
The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
-p
--password
-
my_prove --password foo my_prove -p root
The password to use when connecting to the server. Specifying a password on the command line should be considered insecure. You can use a MySQL option file such as /etc/my.cnf or the .my.cnf file in your home directory, to avoid giving the password on the command line.
-h
--host
-
my_prove --host mysql.example.com my_prove -h dev.local
Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
-p
--port
-
my_prove --port 1234 my_prove -P 666
The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
Behavioral Options
--ext
-
my_prove --ext .sql tests/
Set the extension for test files (default .my). May be specified multiple times if you have test scripts with multiple extensions, though all must be MyTAP tests:
my_prove --ext .sql --ext .my --ext .myt
If you want to mix MyTAP tests with other TAP-emitting tests, like Perl tests, use
prove
instead, where--ext
identifies any test file, and--mytap-option suffix=
lets you specify one or more extensions for MyTAP tests.prove --source Perl \ --ext .t --ext .my \ --source MyTAP --mytap-option suffix=.my
-r
--recurse
-
my_prove --recurse tests/ my_prove --recurse sql/
Recursively descend into directories when searching for tests. Be sure to specify
--ext
if your tests do not end in.my
. --ignore-exit
-
my_prove --ignore-exit
Ignore exit status from test scripts. Normally if a script triggers a database exception,
mysql
will exit with an error code and, even if all tests passed, the test will be considered a failure. Use--ignore-exit
to ignore such situations (at your own peril). --trap
-
The
--trap
option will attempt to trapSIGINT
(Ctrl-C
) during a test run and display the test summary even if the run is interrupted --harness
-
my_prove --harness TAP::Harness::Color
Specify a subclass of TAP::Harness to use for the test harness. Defaults to TAP::Harness (unless
--archive
is specified, in which case it uses TAP::Harness::Archive). -j
-jobs
-
Run N test jobs in parallel (try 9.)
--rc
-
my_prove --rc my_prove.rc
Process options from the specified configuration file.
If
--rc
is not specified and ./.proverc or ~/.proverc exist, they will be read and the options they contain processed before the command line options. Options in configuration files are specified in the same way as command line options:# .proverc --state=hot,fast,save -j9
Under Windows and VMS the option file is named _proverc rather than .proverc and is sought only in the current directory.
Due to how options are loaded you cannot use .proverc for
my_prove
-specific options, onlyprove
options. --norc
-
Do not process ./.proverc or ~/.proverc.
--state
-
You can ask
my_prove
to remember the state of previous test runs and select and/or order the tests to be run based on that saved state.The
--state
switch requires an argument which must be a comma separated list of one or more of the following options.last
-
Run the same tests as the last time the state was saved. This makes it possible, for example, to recreate the ordering of a shuffled test.
# Run all tests in random order $ my_prove --state=save --shuffle # Run them again in the same order $ my_prove --state=last
failed
-
Run only the tests that failed on the last run.
# Run all tests $ my_prove --state=save # Run failures $ my_prove --state=failed
If you also specify the
save
option newly passing tests will be excluded from subsequent runs.# Repeat until no more failures $ my_prove --state=failed,save
passed
-
Run only the passed tests from last time. Useful to make sure that no new problems have been introduced.
all
-
Run all tests in normal order. Multiple options may be specified, so to run all tests with the failures from last time first:
$ my_prove --state=failed,all,save
hot
-
Run the tests that most recently failed first. The last failure time of each test is stored. The
hot
option causes tests to be run in most-recent- failure order.$ my_prove --state=hot,save
Tests that have never failed will not be selected. To run all tests with the most recently failed first use
$ my_prove --state=hot,all,save
This combination of options may also be specified thus
$ my_prove --state=adrian
todo
-
Run any tests with to-dos.
slow
-
Run the tests in slowest to fastest order. This is useful in conjunction with the
-j
parallel testing switch to ensure that your slowest tests start running first.$ my_prove --state=slow -j9
fast
-
Run test tests in fastest to slowest order.
new
-
Run the tests in newest to oldest order based on the modification times of the test scripts.
old
-
Run the tests in oldest to newest order.
fresh
-
Run those test scripts that have been modified since the last test run.
save
-
Save the state on exit. The state is stored in a file called .prove (_prove on Windows and VMS) in the current directory.
The
--state
switch may be used more than once.$ my_prove --state=hot --state=all,save
--rc
--no-rc
-
If ~/.proverc or ./.proverc exist they will be read and any options they contain processed before the command line options. Options in .proverc are specified in the same way as command line options:
# .proverc --state=hot,fast,save -j9
Additional option files may be specified with the
--rc
option. Default option file processing is disabled by the--norc
option.Under Windows and VMS the option file is named _proverc rather than .proverc and is sought only in the current directory.
Display Options
-v
--verbose
-
my_prove --verbose my_prove -v
Display standard output of test scripts while running them. This behavior can also be triggered by setting the
$TEST_VERBOSE
environment variable to a true value. -f
--failures
-
my_prove --failures my_prove -f
Show failed tests.
-o
--comments
-
Show comments, such as diagnostics output by
diag()
. Enabled by default. use--no-comments
to disable. --directives
-
my_prove --directives
Only show results with TODO or SKIP directives.
-q
--quiet
-
my_prove --quiet my_prove -q
Suppress some test output while running tests.
-Q
--QUIET
-
my_prove --QUIET my_prove -Q
Only print summary results.
--parse
-
my_prove --parse
Enables the display of any TAP parsing errors as tests run. Useful for debugging new TAP emitters.
--normalize
-
my_prove --normalize
Normalize TAP output in verbose output. Errors in the harnessed TAP corrected by the parser will be corrected.
--dry
-D
-
my_prove --dry tests/ my_prove -D
Dry run. Just outputs a list of the tests that would have been run.
--merge
-
Merge test scripts'
STDERR
with theirSTDOUT
. Not really relevant to MyTAP tests, which only print toSTDERR
when an exception is thrown. -t
--timer
-
my_prove --timer my_prove -t
Print elapsed time after each test file.
-c
--color
-
my_prove --color my_prove -c
Display test results in color. Colored test output is the default, but if output is not to a terminal, color is disabled.
Requires Term::ANSIColor on Unix-like platforms and Win32::Console on Windows. If the necessary module is not installed colored output will not be available.
--nocolor
-
Do not display test results in color.
--shuffle
-
my_prove --shuffle tests/
Test scripts are normally run in alphabetical order. Use
--reverse
to run them in in random order. Not relevant when used with--runtests
. --reverse
-
my_prove --reverse tests/
Test scripts are normally run in alphabetical order. Use
--reverse
to run them in reverse order. Not relevant when used with--runtests
. -a
--archive
-
my_prove --archive tap.tar.gz my_prove -a test_output.tar
-f
--formatter
-
my_prove --formatter TAP::Formatter::File my_prove -f TAP::Formatter::Console
The name of the class to use to format output. The default is TAP::Formatter::Console, or TAP::Formatter::File if the output isn't a TTY.
--count
-
my_prove --count
Show the X/Y test count as tests run when not verbose (default).
--nocount
-
my_prove --nocount
Disable the display of the X/Y test count as tests run.
Send the TAP output to a TAP archive file as well as to the normal output destination. The archive formats supported are .tar and .tar.gz.
Metadata Options
-H
--help
-
my_prove --help my_prove -H
Outputs a brief description of the options supported by
my_prove
and exits. -m
--man
-
my_prove --man my_prove -m
Outputs this documentation and exits.
-V
--version
-
my_prove --version my_prove -V
Outputs the program name and version and exits.
Author
David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>
Copyright and License
Copyright (c) 2010-2016 David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.