Hi Amit,
There is no documentation, so you have to read the code. Start by
looking at the example storage engine. The skeleton storage engine
(from Brian Aker) is a good starting point for the project.
Read the MyISAM handler to see how a non-transaction engine works, and
InnoDB to see how to handle transactions.
Best regards,
Paul
On Jun 26, 2008, at 10:25 AM, Amit k. Saha wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:51 PM, MARK CALLAGHAN
> <mdcallag@stripped> wrote:
>> Don't we need documentation before writing tests so that we know what
>> behavior to expect? Last time I checked, there was not much
>> documentation in handler.h. Also, how do you test an API on its own
>> without a storage engine behind it?
>
> Yes, Correct. We have to write a storage engine, (could be for test
> purposes only) which uses *all* the API calls that are made available
> in 'sql/handler.h'.
>
> AFAI understand (which I admit is very little) the documentation for
> what behavior to expect is only as laid down by the method signatures-
> the parameters, the return values. Correct me if I am wrong. What
> exactly is the expected behavior? How do I decide (If I want to)
> whether a particular storage engine is conforming to the API strictly?
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
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