Database Engine 3.0

The Database Engine 3.0 allows you to automate interactions with any relational databases. This means databases that store and organize data in structured tables with rows and columns.

The Database Engine 3.0 supports all ODBC connections and both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers.

Tricentis recommends that you use the Database Engine 3.0 instead of the Classic version. You can convert Classic Database Engine TestCases into Engines 3.0 TestCases as described in chapter "Migrate Classic DB Expert Module".

Installation

The Database Engine 3.0 is part of the Tricentis Tosca standard installation.

For detailed information on software versions and hardware requirements for the engine, see the system requirements.

Use the Database Engine 3.0

To use the Database Engine 3.0 for your tests, you have to perform the following steps:

• Create an ODBC connection to a database, so the Database Engine 3.0 can access it.

• Create Database Engine 3.0 TestCases to steer your databases.

Work with Database Engine 3.0 connections

The Database Engine 3.0 loads database connections into Resources (see chapter "Resource expressions"). Each of these connection resources needs to have a unique name. Within the same TestCase, you can reuse connection resources across all TestSteps.

If you use a connection in many TestSteps, Tricentis recommends to add these TestSteps to the same TestCase. This way, Tosca creates the connection only once which improves performance.

Next steps

Create an ODBC connection to access your database.