< Previous Section: Put Test Code in Same Package | Next Section: Create and Run a Test Suite >

Use Non-Default Prefix

The default prefix for utPLSQL is "ut_", but you don't have to use that prefix. There are some situations where you absolutely will not want to use the default prefix. Suppose, for example, that you have written a package with ten procedures, each of which already have "ut_" as a prefix (it might stand for "Unified Technologies" or "Underside Treatment: or...well, you get the picture).

Since this prefix is not hard-coded into utPLSQL, you can very easily specify your own prefix. You can do this when you run a test, as in:

SQL> utPLSQL.test ('te_employee', prefix_in => 'test_');

You can also specify a prefix when you add a package to a test suite, as in:

SQL> utPackage.add ('mysuite', 'mypackage' prefix_in => 'test_');

Of course, when you specify a non-default prefix, you must also build your test package using that prefix. If you plan to generate a starting point for your package with utGen, be sure to specify your prefix at that point, as in:

SQL> utGen.testpkg('mypackage' prefix_in => 'test_');

For an example of a package with a non-default prefix, check out test_te_employee.pks and test_te_employee.pkb (Both to be found in the Examples directory of the utPLSQL distribution).

< Previous Section: Put Test Code in Same Package | Next Section: Create and Run a Test Suite >