HammerDB and TPROC-B

[JonathanBMiller]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I would like to have an automated TPC‑B workload available again. I started with TPC‑B years ago at PervasiveSQL and continued using it in MySQL. The old MySQL test harness included a TPC‑B implementation:

https://g.sugon.com/MariaDB/server/-/blob/5fbfdae130950d0a5a07d4b909f3bf1ff0498d34/mysql-test/include/tpcb.inc

It was extremely useful and even surfaced issues such as this one:

https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21842

Although TPC‑B is officially retired, it remains a valuable and sensitive benchmark for exposing engine‑level problems.

Describe the solution you'd like

A simple, automated TPC‑B implementation inside HammerDB. It does not need to be a full modernized benchmark — just a faithful, runnable version similar to what existed in MySQL. It was highly effective at revealing regressions and edge‑case behavior, and I believe it still has value today.

Describe alternatives you've considered

None.

[sm-shaw]

Many thanks for the submission. It certainly does have merit and is technically feasible if/when bandwidth permits. However will not be immediate with other priority tasks. I will raise as a discussion topic at the TPC-OSS. Thanks again.