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 Testing with Oracle Database XE in TA

Testing with Oracle Database XE in TA

This topic describes the steps required for testing with Oracle Database XE in TestArchitect.

Ensure that the following requirements are met:

• Installing and configuring Oracle Database XE. (Learn more.)
• Specifying system environment variables. (Learn more.)
• Customizing Oracle configurations files. (Learn more.)

To test with Oracle Database XE in TestArchitect, do the following steps:

1. In TestArchitect, in order to open an Oracle Database XE connection, it is necessary to define an Oracle connection string.

   Notes: 
   The nature of a connection string – meaning, the parameters that apply to it – is specific to the type of data source that it targets. More information on connection strings is available from the website https://www.connectionstrings.com/oracle/.

2. An Oracle Database XE connection string might contain the following parameters.

   Driver={DriverName}; DBQ=<host>:<port>/<ORACLE_SID>;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
   

   where:

   • Driver: Name of the ODBC driver specified for the current connection. (Learn more.)
     
     

   • Dbq: Host and port information, and the value of ORACLE_SID that you previously defined.

   • Uid: SYSTEM administrative user account.

   • Pwd: Password for database account specified by username.

3. In TestArchitect, your action line might resemble the following.
   
   

When the connection to Oracle database succeeds, you will see the following message in a test result.