tidiff

tidiff is a diff tool that sends the same SQL statement to TiDB and MySQL for processing, then compares the results and highlights the differences. You can use it in the following scenarios:

Checking whether a SQL statement in TiDB is compatible with MySQL
Generating the same extra workload for both MySQL and TiDB when it comes to the case that a large amount of data (e.g. 1 million rows of data) is needed to reproduce the BUG.

Sample usages

The examples assume that you have already started the local MySQL and TiDB servers. The servers can be logged in with root username and an empty password.

 ~ tidiff -h
NAME:
tidiff - Execute SQL in TiDB and MySQL and returns the results

USAGE:
tidiff [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
0.0.2

DESCRIPTION:
Used to compare the result different in MySQL and TiDB for the same SQL statement

COMMANDS:
    help, h  Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--mysql.host value      MySQL host (default: "127.0.0.1")
--mysql.port value      MySQL port (default: 3306)
--mysql.user value      MySQL username (default: "root")
--mysql.password value  MySQL password
--mysql.db value        MySQL database
--mysql.options value   MySQL DSN options (default: "charset=utf8mb4")
--tidb.host value       TiDB host (default: "127.0.0.1")
--tidb.port value       TiDB port (default: 4000)
--tidb.user value       TiDB username (default: "root")
--tidb.password value   TiDB password
--tidb.db value         TiDB database
--tidb.options value    TiDB DSN options (default: "charset=utf8mb4")
--log.diff value        Log all query diff to file
--help, -h              show help (default: false)
--version, -v           print the version (default: false)

Create a demo database for MySQL/TiDB

tidiff 'create database demo charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci'

Create a demo.tt10000 table for MySQL/TiDB

tidiff 'create table demo.tt10000 (a bigint(20) not null auto_increment primary key, b varchar(20) not null, c bigint(20))'

tidiff --mysql.db demo --tidb.db demo 'create table tt10000 (a bigint(20) not null auto_increment primary key, b varchar(20) not null, c bigint(20))'

Insert 10,000 rows of data into the demo.tt10000 table using Golang template syntax

tidiff '! {{$count:=count 10000}} insert into demo.tt10000 values {{range $index := $count}} (NULL, "{{varchar 20}}", "{{int 100000 100000000}}"){{if head $index $count}},{{end}}{{end}}'

Check the number of rows in the demo.tt10000 table and get the sum for column c
```
tidiff 'select count(*) as count, sum(c) from demo.tt10000'
```

Select 5 random rows from the demo.tt10000 table

tidiff 'select * from demo.tt10000 order by rand() limit 5'

Here is the screenshot of the operation above. The result differences are displayed in diff format.

You can use the command line mode as downstream pipeline, for example randgen | xargs tididff. The SQL statement should be quote with instead of.

Interactive Mode

tidiff provides an interactive mode which records SQL statements execution history so as to run a SQL statement repeatedly.

To enable the interactive mode, enter the tidiff --mysql.db test --tidb.db test without a SQL statement.
If the interactive mode includes --log.diff parameters like tidiff --log.diff /path/to/diff.log, then all the results are saved into the log file. The difference is also highlighted when you view the results using the cat command.
If a SQL statement that includes some Golang template fails, the error part is highlighted with /* error message */ at the end of the statement.
Shortcuts for interactive mode
- SQL Input Panel
  - Use Enter to execute SQL statements. If a SQL statement begins with !, then Golang template is firstly used, where you can embed statements or expressions that generate random data. If a SQL statement begins with !!, the generated SQL statement appears on the output panel. The SQL statement rendered is not output in the output panel by default.
  - Use TAB to switch between panels.
  - Use Up/Dn to fast shift the focus to the History panel.
- MySQL/TiDB Output Panel
  - Use Up/Dn to turn page up or down.
  - Use TAB to switch between panels.
  - Use ESC and return to the SQL input panel.
- History Panel
  - Use Up/Dn to fast shift the focus to the SQL input panel.
  - Select a history entry and use Enter to fill it in the SQL input panel for later editing and executing.
  - Use ESC and return to the SQL input panel.

Golang template

Here only introduces usages of :=, range, and if, and the functions provided in tidiff. All SQL statements must start with ! so that tidiff can render them using the Golang template.

:= Defines a template variable $rand. The value must be çan integer within the range of 10000- 100000.

$ tidiff '! {{$rand:=int 10000 100000}} select {{$rand}} < 50000'
MySQL(127.0.0.1:3306)> select 78081 < 50000
+---------------+
| 78081 < 50000 |
+---------------+
| 0             |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.001 sec)

TiDB(127.0.0.1:4000)> select 78081 < 50000
+---------------+
| 78081 < 50000 |
+---------------+
| 0             |
+---------------+
1 row in set (0.003 sec)

Sample usages for range and if

$ tidiff '! {{$counter:=count 5}} select {{range $index:=$counter}} {{int 100 1000}} {{if head $index $counter}},{{end}}{{end}}'
MySQL(127.0.0.1:3306)> select  681 , 187 , 147 , 759 , 581
+-----------------------------+
| 681 | 187 | 147 | 759 | 581 |
+-----------------------------+
| 681 | 187 | 147 | 759 | 581 |
+-----------------------------+
1 row in set (0.002 sec)

TiDB(127.0.0.1:4000)> select  681 , 187 , 147 , 759 , 581
+-----------------------------+
| 681 | 187 | 147 | 759 | 581 |
+-----------------------------+
| 681 | 187 | 147 | 759 | 581 |
+-----------------------------+
1 row in set (0.005 sec)

Generate 5 random values through Golang template

a. First define a variable as a cycle counter {{$counter:=count 5}}

b. Then use {{range $index:=$counter}} to traverse $counter

c. Output a , if it’s not the last element of $counter until a valid SQL statement is constructed.

tidiff '! {{$counter:=count 5}}
select
    {{range $index:=$counter}}
        {{int 100 1000}}
        {{if head $index $counter}},{{end}}
    {{end}}'

Built-in functions provided by tidiff
- count n: returns the counter with n elements
- first $index $counter: returns true if $index is the first element of $counter
- last $index $counter: returns true if $index is the last element of $counter
- head $index $counter: returns true if $index is not the last element of $counter
- tail $index $counter: returns true if $index is not the first element of $counter
- int min max: returns an integer within the range of [min, max)
- char length: returns a random string with a length of length
- varchar length: returns a random string with the length within the range of [length/2, length)

Configuration

tidiff supports saving parameters to the configuration file as key-value pairs. The path of the configuration file is ~/.config/tidiff/config. See the following sample configuration file:

mysql.host = 192.168.4.30
mysql.port = 3306
mysql.user = root
mysql.password = 12345678
mysql.db = test
mysql.options = charset=utf8mb4
tidb.host = 192.168.4.31
tidb.port = 4000
tidb.user = root
tidb.password = 1111
tidb.db = test
tidb.options = charset=utf8mb4

pingcap/tidiff

tidiff

Sample usages

Interactive Mode

Golang template

Configuration