Automated testing of database commands

A method, implemented in a computing system comprising at least one memory and at least one hardware processor coupled to the at least one memory, the method comprising:

• creating a first test definition for a first database feature, the first test definition comprising a first syntax comprising a first set of one or more syntax elements and a first set of one or more values for at least a first syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements, wherein a set of one or more values for a given syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements defines, at least in part, a variant for the first test definition;
• creating a second test definition for a second database feature, the second test definition comprising a second syntax comprising a second set of one or more syntax elements and a second set of one or more values for at least a first syntax element of the second set of one or more syntax elements, the second test definition further comprising an identifier indicating that the first test definition serves as a predecessor or successor to the second test definition;
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• based at least in part on the first syntax, the second syntax, at least one syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements, and at least one syntax element of the second set of one or more syntax elements, creating an executable test definition of a first composite test comprising a variant of the first test definition and a variant of the second test definition, wherein the executable test definition comprises commands executable by a database to perform the first composite test.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising:

• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system comprising at least one hardware processor and at least one memory coupled to the at least one hardware process, cause the computing system to create a first test definition for a first database feature, the first test definition comprising a first syntax comprising a first set of one or more syntax elements and a first set of one or more values for at least a first syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements, wherein a set of one or more values for a given syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements defines, at least in part, a variant for the first test definition;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to create a second test definition for a second database feature, the second test definition comprising a second syntax comprising a second set of one or more syntax elements and a second set of one or more values for at least a first syntax element of the second set of one or more syntax elements, the second test definition further comprising an identifier indicating that the first test definition serves as a predecessor or successor to the second test definition;
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• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to, based at least in part on the first syntax, the second syntax, at least one syntax element of the first set of one or more syntax elements, and at least one syntax element of the second set of one or more syntax elements, create an executable test definition of a first composite test comprising a variant of the first test definition and a variant of the second test definition, wherein the executable test definition comprises commands executable by a database to perform the first composite test.