Chapter 10. Testing the database
This chapter covers
- Prerequisites for testing the database
- Database testing best practices
- Test data life cycle
- Managing database transactions in tests
The last piece of the puzzle in integration testing is managed out-of-process dependencies. The most common example of a managed dependency is an application database—a database no other application has access to.
Running tests against a real database provides bulletproof protection against regressions, but those tests aren’t easy to set up. This chapter shows the preliminary steps you need to take before you can start testing your database: it covers keeping track of the database schema, explains the difference between the state-based and migration-based database ...
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