The test suite must be run against a Debug version of Berkeley DB, so you will need a Debug version of the Tcl libraries. This involves building Tcl from its source. See the Tcl sources for more information. Then build the Tcl API - see Building the Tcl API for details.

Before running the tests for the first time, you must edit the file include.tcl in your build directory and change the line that reads:

set tclsh_path SET_YOUR_TCLSH_PATH

You will want to use the location of the tclsh program (be sure to include the name of the executable). For example, if Tcl is installed in d:\tcl, this line should be the following:

set tclsh_path d:\tcl\bin\tclsh85g.exe

If your path includes spaces be sure to enclose it in quotes:

set tclsh_path "c:\Program Files\tcl\bin\tclsh85g.exe"

Make sure that the path to Berkeley DB's tcl library is in your current path. On Windows NT/2000/XP, edit your PATH using the My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables dialog. On earlier versions of Windows, you may find it convenient to add a line to c:\AUTOEXEC.BAT:

SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\db\build_windows

Then, in a shell of your choice enter the following commands:

You are now ready to run tests in the test suite; see Running the test suite for more information.

The SQL test suite must be run against a Debug version of Berkeley DB, so you need a Debug version of the Tcl libraries. This involves building Tcl from its source. See the Tcl sources for more information. Then build the Tcl API - see Building the Tcl API for details.

Before building for SQL tests, build the db_tcl and db_sql_testfixture projects. This requires Tcl 8.5 or above. If you are using a later version of Tcl, edit the Tcl library that db_tcl and db_sql_testfixture link to.

To do this right click the db_tcl/db_sql_testfixture project, select Properties->Configuration Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies and edit the Tcl library, tcl85g.lib, to match the version you are using.

Building the db_sql_testfixture project builds the testfixture.exe program in ../build_windows/Win32/Debug. It also builds the projects db and db_sql, on which it depends.