A test database is a temporary database that you create when developing
a new schema or a new version of an existing schema. You then create a test
configuration that uses the test database to verify that the new schema performs
as expected, without risking damage to production data. Note that you can
set up your test configuration to test your schema against multiple test databases.
If clients that are running versions of Rational® ClearQuest® software
earlier than version 2003.06.00 are going to access your test database, you
must apply the CharacterSetValidation package and set the Rational ClearQuest data
code page value for the test database.
The procedure for creating a test database is the similar to the
procedure for creating a user database.
To create a test
database:
- Start the Designer.
- In the ClearQuest Schema Repository Explorer view, click on the
schema repository where you want to add the test database.
- Click . The ClearQuest
Database Admin view opens.
- In the ClearQuest Database Admin view, click the Create
Database button.
- The New Database wizard prompts
you through the process of creating a database. Provide a name for the database
that is between one and five characters long that you can recognize as a test
database.
- Select Test Database for the Database
Type.
- Click Next and complete the
wizard to specify vendor-specific properties for the new test database.
You are ready to check out the schema and modify it.
When you are ready to test your changes to the schema, you will create a test
configuration that uses this test database and then run the test configuration.
For more information, see To set the
test database for a schema.