Gathering Test Data
Perhaps the most difficult task of any testing activity is the availability of a good sample of test data. Meaningful test data does not mean only volume, but also the quality of the test data. The data should cover every business pattern and scenario that the adapter is likely to encounter. In practice, access to such test data is rare. Adapter developers and QA engineers have to spend time analyzing the available test data and then build the test database over time. Testing tools are capable of generating data based on some parameters, but the generated data is not the same as real data.
Leading package vendors such as Oracle include a test database with its application software. Oracle Applications includes a test database ...
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