A lightweight framework for testing database applications

Joe Tang, Eric Lo

Abstract: Testing is one of the most expensive tasks in today's software development cycle and it is very important to devise techniques that speed up the whole testing process. In a recent paper [9], it has been shown that tests on database applications can be speeded up by using proper test execution strategies and test optimization algorithms. This papers proposes a new test execution strategy called SAFE-OPTIMISTIC and a new test optimization algorithm called SLICE*. SAFE-OPTIMISTIC is better than the strategy proposed in [9] in which it reduces testing time without jeopardizing test quality. SLICE* has a better performance than the test optimization algorithms in [9] in all cases and it keeps on performing well even if the subject application and the test suite evolve.