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Chapter 11 - Working with Datapools

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Working with Datapools
This chapter describes how to create and manage datapools. It includes the
following topics:
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What is a datapool
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Planning and creating a datapool
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Data types
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Managing datapools
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Managing user-defined data types
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Generating and retrieving unique datapool rows
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Creating a datapool outside Rational Test
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Creating a column of values outside Rational Test
Note:
For detailed procedures, see the TestManager Help.
You should familiarize yourself with the concepts and procedures in this chapter
before you begin to work with datapools.
Note:
This chapter describes datapool access from VU and GUI test scripts played
back in a TestManager suite. Additional information about datapools can be found in
a number of different Rational documents:
For datapool procedures, see the TestManager Help.
For information about using datapools in VB or Java test scripts, see the
Rational Test Script Services manual for your language.
For information about datapools in custom test script types, see the
Rational
TestManager Extensibility Reference
.
For more information about creating datapools during test script recording, see
the
Rational Robot User's Guide
and Robot Help.
For information about datapools and GUI test scripts, see the
SQABasic Language
Reference
.