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Effective Test Driven Database Development

Gojko Adzichttp://gojko.net

[email protected]

Database somehow always sticks out

Lots of teams struggle with Database testing...

Bad tools Inherently hard to test O/R Mismatch Changes are persistent Attitude of DB Specialists

Full build with all integration tests is the only thing you

can really trust

...but it is not the most practical thing to run all the time

DB management

Dedicated instances for developers are best One development DB can also work ok Build + n*integrations must always be separate

Don't count on the DB being empty

Tests will be much more effective if they can ignore trash

Generate the glue code and bring the two worlds closer together

Don't fight against database features, use them!

Run tests in transactions!

...Spring, Hibernate, FitNesse...

Declarative transactions, ORM controls the database...

So change the test runner and use the automation to your advantage...

!define TEST_RUNNER {test.RollbackServer} http://gojko.net/2008/01/22/spring-rollback/

...Spring, Hibernate, FitNesse...public void process() { ApplicationContext ctx = new

FileSystemXmlApplicationContext("lib/test.xml");

RollbackBean rollbackProcessingBean = (RollbackBean) ctx.getBean("rollback");

try { while ((size = FitProtocol.readSize(socketReader)) != 0) { try { rollbackProcessingBean.process(

new DocumentRunner(size)); } catch (RollbackNow rn) { print("rolling back now" + "\n"); } } } catch (Exception e) { exception(e); } }

...Spring, Hibernate, FitNesse

public class RollbackNow extends RuntimeException{ }

public class RollbackBean{ @Transactional public void process(Runnable r){ r.run(); throw new RollbackNow(); }}

Isolate non-transactional tests and run them overnight

Do not depend on the order of test execution

Prepare everything you need for an isolated test

Prepare everything you need...

Known state of small development databases Link to files Trash and restore DB

Start with a clean DB and Load data with DbUnit

Set up data for a specific test and roll back later Ideally don't suppose that the DB is empty

ORM is not magic!

DBFIT: Test Driven DB Development Made Easy

FIT+FitNesse+DB Fixtures

http://fitnesse.info/dbfithttp://sourceforge.net/projects/dbfit

Why DbFit?

Manipulate data in a relational model Provides all the plumbing

Transaction management Smart features based on meta-data Parameter mapping “wizards” for regression tests

Because it runs inside FitNesse, already integrated with a lot of other tools/libraries

Use DbFit to:

Write and execute DB Unit tests Prepare/verify Java or .NET integration tests

.NET: Sql Server, Oracle, (DB2) Java: Mysql, Oracle, (DB2, SQL Server, Derby)

Simple commands

Execute procedure Query Execute Insert Update

FitNesse symbols directly mapped to bind variables

Retrieve auto-generated keys and use them directly

<< and >> available in Java as well Already mapped to bind variables

Advanced features

Inspect queries, tables or procs to automatically generate test tables and regression tests

Store and compare queries Standalone mode for full control

Image credits

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Q & A

... or just bug me later [email protected] http://gojko.net http://twitter.com/gojkoadzic