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MYSQLSLAP(1)                 MySQL Database System                MYSQLSLAP(1)

NAME
       mysqlslap - load emulation client
SYNOPSIS
       mysqlslap [options]
DESCRIPTION
       mysqlslap is a diagnostic program designed to emulate client load for a
       MySQL server and to report the timing of each stage. It works as if
       multiple clients are accessing the server.  mysqlslap is available as
       of MySQL 5.1.4.
       Invoke mysqlslap like this:
           shell> mysqlslap [options]
       Some options such as --create or --query enable you to specify a string
       containing an SQL statement or a file containing statements. If you
       specify a file, by default it must contain one statement per line.
       (That is, the implicit statement delimiter is the newline character.)
       Use the --delimiter option to specify a different delimiter, which
       enables you to specify statements that span multiple lines or place
       multiple statements on a single line. You cannot include comments in a
       file; mysqlslap does not understand them.
       mysqlslap runs in three stages:
        1. Create schema, table, and optionally any stored programs or data
           you want to using for the test. This stage uses a single client
           connection.
        2. Run the load test. This stage can use many client connections.
        3. Clean up (disconnect, drop table if specified). This stage uses a
           single client connection.
       Examples:
       Supply your own create and query SQL statements, with 50 clients
       querying and 200 selects for each:
           mysqlslap --delimiter=";" \
             --create="CREATE TABLE a (b int);INSERT INTO a VALUES (23)" \
             --query="SELECT * FROM a" --concurrency=50 --iterations=200
       Let mysqlslap build the query SQL statement with a table of two INT
       columns and three VARCHAR columns. Use five clients querying 20 times
       each. Do not create the table or insert the data (that is, use the
       previous test's schema and data):
           mysqlslap --concurrency=5 --iterations=20 \
             --number-int-cols=2 --number-char-cols=3 \
             --auto-generate-sql
       Tell the program to load the create, insert, and query SQL statements
       from the specified files, where the create.sql file has multiple table
       creation statements delimited by ';' and multiple insert statements
       delimited by ';'. The --query file will have multiple queries delimited
       by ';'. Run all the load statements, then run all the queries in the
       query file with five clients (five times each):
           mysqlslap --concurrency=5 \
             --iterations=5 --query=query.sql --create=create.sql \
             --delimiter=";"
       mysqlslap supports the following options, which can be specified on the
       command line or in the [mysqlslap] and [client] option file groups.
       mysqlslap also supports the options for processing option files
       described at Section 4.2.3.3.1, "Command-Line Options that Affect
       Option-File Handling".
       o   --help, -?
           Display a help message and exit.
       o   --auto-generate-sql, -a
           Generate SQL statements automatically when they are not supplied in
           files or via command options.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-add-autoincrement
           Add an AUTO_INCREMENT column to automatically generated tables.
           This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-execute-number=N
           Specify how many queries to generate automatically. This option was
           added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-guid-primary
           Add a GUID-based primary key to automatically generated tables.
           This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-load-type=type
           Specify the test load type. The allowable values are read (scan
           tables), write (insert into tables), key (read primary keys),
           update (update primary keys), or mixed (half inserts, half scanning
           selects). The default is mixed. This option was added in MySQL
           5.1.16.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-secondary-indexes=N
           Specify how many secondary indexes to add to automatically
           generated tables. By default, none are added. This option was added
           in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-unique-query-number=N
           How many different queries to generate for automatic tests. For
           example, if you run a key test that performs 1000 selects, you can
           use this option with a value of 1000 to run 1000 unique queries, or
           with a value of 50 to perform 50 different selects. The default is
           10. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-unique-write-number=N
           How many different queries to generate for
           --auto-generate-sql-write-number. The default is 10. This option
           was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --auto-generate-sql-write-number=N
           How many row inserts to perform on each thread. The default is 100.
           This option was added in MySQL 5.1.16.
       o   --commit=N
           How many statements to execute before committing. The default is 0
           (no commits are done). This option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --compress, -C
           Compress all information sent between the client and the server if
           both support compression.
       o   --concurrency=N, -c N
           The number of clients to simulate when issuing the SELECT
           statement.
       o   --create=value
           The file or string containing the statement to use for creating the
           table.
       o   --create-schema=value
           The schema in which to run the tests. This option was added in
           MySQL 5.1.5.
       o   --csv[=file_name]
           Generate output in comma-separated values format. The output goes
           to the named file, or to the standard output if no file is given.
           This option was added in MySQL 5.1.5.
       o   --debug[=debug_options], -# [debug_options]
           Write a debugging log. A typical debug_options string is
           'd:t:o,file_name'. The default is 'd:t:o,/tmp/mysqlslap.trace'.
       o   --debug-check
           Print some debugging information when the program exits. This
           option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --debug-info, -T
           Print debugging information and memory and CPU usage statistics
           when the program exits. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --defaults-extra-file=filename
           Set filename as the file to read default options from after the
           global defaults files has been read.  Must be given as first
           option.
       o   --defaults-file=filename
           Set filename as the file to read default options from, override
           global defaults files.  Must be given as first option.
       o   --delimiter=str, -F str
           The delimiter to use in SQL statements supplied in files or via
           command options.
       o   --detach=N
           Detach (close and reopen) each connection after each N statements.
           The default is 0 (connections are not detached). This option was
           added in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --engine=engine_name, -e engine_name
           The storage engine to use for creating tables.
       o   --host=host_name, -h host_name
           Connect to the MySQL server on the given host.
       o   --init-command=str
           SQL Command to execute when connecting to MySQL server. Will
           automatically be re-executed when reconnecting.
       o   --iterations=N, -i N
           The number of times to run the tests.
       o   --lock-directory=path
           The directory to use for storing locks. This option was added in
           MySQL 5.1.5 and removed in 5.1.18.
       o   --no-defaults
           Do not read default options from any option file. This must be
           given as the first argument.
       o   --no-drop
           Do not drop the schema after the test.
       o   --number-char-cols=N, -x N
           The number of VARCHAR columns to use if --auto-generate-sql is
           specified.
       o   --number-int-cols=N, -y N
           The number of INT columns to use if --auto-generate-sql is
           specified.
       o   --number-of-queries=N
           Limit each client to approximately this many queries. Query
           counting takes into account the statement delimiter. For example,
           if you invoke mysqlslap as follows, the ; delimiter is recognized
           so that each instance of the query string counts as two queries. As
           a result, 5 rows (not 10) are inserted.
               shell> mysqlslap --delimiter=";" --number-of-queries=10
                        --query="use test;insert into t values(null)"
           This option was added in MySQL 5.1.5.
       o   --only-print
           Do not connect to databases.  mysqlslap only prints what it would
           have done. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.5.
       o   --password[=password], -p[password]
           The password to use when connecting to the server. If you use the
           short option form (-p), you cannot have a space between the option
           and the password. If you omit the password value following the
           --password or -p option on the command line, mysqlslap prompts for
           one.
           Specifying a password on the command line should be considered
           insecure. See Section 5.3.2.2, "End-User Guidelines for Password
           Security". You can use an option file to avoid giving the password
           on the command line.
       o   --pipe, -W
           On Windows, connect to the server via a named pipe. This option
           applies only if the server supports named-pipe connections.
       o   --port=port_num, -P port_num
           The TCP/IP port number to use for the connection.
       o   --post-query=value
           The file or string containing the statement to execute after the
           tests have completed. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --shared-memory-base-name=name
           On Windows, the shared-memory name to use, for connections made via
           shared memory to a local server. This option applies only if the
           server supports shared-memory connections.
       o   --print-defaults
           Print the program argument list and exit.  This must be given as
           the first argument.
       o   --post-system=str
           The string to execute via system() after the tests have completed.
           This execution is not counted for timing purposes. This option was
           added in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --pre-query=value
           The file or string containing the statement to execute before
           running the tests. This execution is not counted for timing
           purposes. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.18.
       o   --pre-system=str
           The string to execute via system() before running the tests. This
           execution is not counted for timing purposes. This option was added
           in MySQL 5.1.21.
       o   --preserve-schema
           Preserve the schema from the mysqlslap run. The --auto-generate-sql
           and --create options disable this option. This option was added in
           MySQL 5.1.5 and removed in MySQL 5.1.23.
       o   --protocol={TCP|SOCKET|PIPE|MEMORY}
           The connection protocol to use for connecting to the server. It is
           useful when the other connection parameters normally would cause a
           protocol to be used other than the one you want. For details on the
           allowable values, see Section 4.2.2, "Connecting to the MySQL
           Server".
       o   --query=value, -q value
           The file or string containing the SELECT statement to use for
           retrieving data.
       o   --silent, -s
           Silent mode. No output.
       o   --slave
           Follow master locks for other mysqlslap clients. Use this option if
           you are trying to synchronize around one master server with
           --lock-directory plus NFS. This option was added in MySQL 5.1.5 and
           removed in 5.1.18.
       o   --socket=path, -S path
           For connections to localhost, the Unix socket file to use, or, on
           Windows, the name of the named pipe to use.
       o   --ssl*
           Options that begin with --ssl specify whether to connect to the
           server via SSL and indicate where to find SSL keys and
           certificates. See Section 5.5.6.3, "SSL Command Options".
       o   --use-threads
           On Unix, the default is to use fork() calls and this option causes
           pthread calls to be used instead. (On Windows, the default is to
           use pthread calls and the option has no effect.) This option was
           added in MySQL 5.1.6 and removed in 5.1.18.
       o   --user=user_name, -u user_name
           The MySQL user name to use when connecting to the server.
       o   --verbose, -v
           Verbose mode. Print more information about what the program does.
           This option can be used multiple times to increase the amount of
           information.
       o   --version, -V
           Display version information and exit.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
       This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
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       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.
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SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual, which
       may already be installed locally and which is also available online at
       http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
AUTHOR
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).

MySQL 5.1                         04/06/2010                      MYSQLSLAP(1)