In so doing, Original is extending an approach first developed for the IBM Series i platform. Original’s primary claim to fame is that non-programmers can develop tests without having to write scripts. (There are scripts, but they are hidden inside the engine.)
Like GUI tests tools, Original has a robot that can record interactions. But where it departs is that Original’s tools are testing the underlying database, not how a user interacts with the graphical user interface. So its take on recording is to map interactions up to full-blown SQL statements.
Additionally, its approach to database testing is bookmark the data content so that when successive tests are run, they begin with the same starting point. Additionally, the tool carries a rollback functionality so tests can be repeated under the same conditions without losing test routines or rules.
Although hardly unique, Original’s database test tools provide data scrambling, a safety measure to ensure that no actual data is exposed or changed during a test. Such features are required of any database testing tools, given the spate of consumer privacy and corporate governance regulations on the books today.
Gradually breaking out of its Series I niche, the company expects 60% growth this year. TestBench for Oracle is available now.
