Start MySQL from GH actions, upgrade ubuntu, and remove python versions for tests

.github/workflows/UnitTesting.yaml

@@ -9,29 +9,30 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    # "setup-python" action doesn't provide python 3.4 binaries for ubuntu-latest.
-    # Sticking to Ubuntu 18.04 as recommended here:
-    # https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/185#issuecomment-768232756
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      py27: 2.7
-      py34: 3.4
-      py35: 3.5
-      py36: 3.6
       py37: 3.7
       py38: 3.8
       py39: 3.9
       py310: '3.10'
       py311: '3.11'
+      DB_DATABASE: test_db
+      DB_USER: root
+      DB_PASSWORD: root
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: [py27, py34, py35, py36, py37, py38, py39, py310, py311]
+        python-version: [py37, py38, py39, py310, py311]
         testenv: [core, ext]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Start MySQL
+        run: |
+          sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
+          mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE ${{ env.DB_DATABASE }};' -u${{ env.DB_USER }} -p${{ env.DB_PASSWORD }}
+
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:

tests/ext/pymysql/test_pymysql.py

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import pymysql
 
 import pytest
-import testing.mysqld
 
 from aws_xray_sdk.core import patch
 from aws_xray_sdk.core import xray_recorder
 from aws_xray_sdk.core.context import Context
 from aws_xray_sdk.ext.pymysql import unpatch
 
+MYSQL_USER = "root"
+MYSQL_PASSWORD = "root"
+MYSQL_HOST = "localhost"
+MYSQL_PORT = 3306
+MYSQL_DB_NAME = "test_db"
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module', autouse=True)
 def patch_module():
@@ -32,46 +36,41 @@ def construct_ctx():
 
 def test_execute_dsn_kwargs():
     q = 'SELECT 1'
-    with testing.mysqld.Mysqld() as mysqld:
-        dsn = mysqld.dsn()
-        conn = pymysql.connect(database=dsn['db'],
-                              user=dsn['user'],
-                              password='',
-                              host=dsn['host'],
-                              port=dsn['port'])
-        cur = conn.cursor()
-        cur.execute(q)
+    conn = pymysql.connect(database=MYSQL_DB_NAME,
+                          user=MYSQL_USER,
+                          password=MYSQL_PASSWORD,
+                          host=MYSQL_HOST,
+                          port=MYSQL_PORT)
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    cur.execute(q)
 
     subsegment = xray_recorder.current_segment().subsegments[-1]
     assert subsegment.name == 'execute'
     sql = subsegment.sql
     assert sql['database_type'] == 'MySQL'
-    assert sql['user'] == dsn['user']
+    assert sql['user'] == MYSQL_USER
     assert sql['driver_version'] == 'PyMySQL'
     assert sql['database_version']
 
 
 def test_execute_bad_query():
     q = "SELECT blarg"
-    with testing.mysqld.Mysqld() as mysqld:
-        dsn = mysqld.dsn()
-        conn = pymysql.connect(database=dsn['db'],
-                              user=dsn['user'],
-                              password='',
-                              host=dsn['host'],
-                              port=dsn['port'])
-
-        cur = conn.cursor()
-        try:
-            cur.execute(q)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
+    conn = pymysql.connect(database=MYSQL_DB_NAME,
+                          user=MYSQL_USER,
+                          password=MYSQL_PASSWORD,
+                          host=MYSQL_HOST,
+                          port=MYSQL_PORT)
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    try:
+        cur.execute(q)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
     subsegment = xray_recorder.current_segment().subsegments[-1]
     assert subsegment.name == "execute"
     sql = subsegment.sql
     assert sql['database_type'] == 'MySQL'
-    assert sql['user'] == dsn['user']
+    assert sql['user'] == MYSQL_USER
     assert sql['driver_version'] == 'PyMySQL'
     assert sql['database_version']