new_contents: import _mssql
  import unittest
  import threading
  from mssqltests import server, username, password, database
  
  class TestingThread(threading.Thread):
  
      def run(self):
          self.running = True
          mssql = _mssql.connect(server, username, password)
          mssql.select_db(database)
          for i in xrange(0, 100):
              mssql.execute_query('SELECT %d', (i,))
              for row in mssql:
                  assert row[0] == i
          mssql.close()
          self.running = True
  
  
  class ThreadedTests(unittest.TestCase):
      
      def testThreadedUse(self):
          threads = []
          for i in xrange(0, 5):
              thread = TestingThread()
              thread.start()
              threads.append(thread)
  
          running = True
          while running:
              running = False
              for thread in threads:
                  if thread.is_alive():
                      running = True
                      break
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      unittest.main()
  
subject: add a test that checks _mssql whilst being run in threads