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+1  Q: 

Start a "throwaway" MySQL session for testing code?

Hi,

If I want to be able to test my application against a empty MySQL database each time my application's testsuite is run, how can I start up a server as a non-root user which refers to a empty (not saved anywhere, or in saved to /tmp) MySQL database?

My application is in Python, and I'm using unittest on Ubuntu 9.10.

+1  A: 

--datadir for just the data or --basedir

jspcal  2009-12-25 00:33:36
the full command I ended up wanting to run was:mysqld --no-defaults --datadir $SOME_TEMP_DIR --socket mysql.socket --skip-grant
lfaraone  2009-12-25 04:27:50
You might also want to add --skip-networking or make sure you set the --port to something else than 3306. Just to make sure.Putting these in option file is also good: mysqld --defaults-file=my_testsuite.cnf (it will ignore the other option files)
geertjanvdk  2009-12-26 11:48:44
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You can try the Blackhole and Memory table types in MySQL.

Alix Axel  2009-12-25 00:37:28
IMHO, if you are testing your application, it's better to use the storage engine which it will use later.
geertjanvdk  2009-12-26 11:49:55
@geertjanvdk: Sure, I just posted my question since I didn't knew any other option... We are always learning! =)
Alix Axel  2009-12-26 12:31:20

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