After you identify the database checks that you want to implement in a Test, you select the step after which you want to insert a CHECKPOINT in KEYWORD VIEW.
To insert a database checkpoint:
From the QuickTest Professional menu bar, select INSERT ? CHECKPOINT ? DATABASE CHECKPOINT, as shown in Figure. The DATABASE QUERY [...]
To create a database CHECKPOINT in a Test:
Identify the checks that you want to use to verify data in a database.
Identify the step in a test after which you want to insert the database checkpoint.
Create an SQL query to retrieve data from the database.
Specify the expected data.
Run the test to verify the database checkpoint.
Common [...]
You use SQL statements to retrieve or update the data stored in a database. SQL statements enable you to:
Retrieve data from a database
Insert new records into a database
Delete records from a database
Update records in a database
You use the SELECT statement to retrieve data from a database. You use the INSERT INTO, DELETE, and [...]
You can use an Application to retrieve data from a database or to insert data into the database. Database Checkpoints in a Test enable you to ensure that the application successfully retrieves or inserts data into a database.
A database CHECKPOINT stores the expected data and compares the expected data with the data [...]
You use breakpoints to instruct QuickTest to pause a run session at a specific step in a function. QuickTest pauses the run session when it reaches the breakpoint, before executing the step. You then examine the effects of the run up to the breakpoint and make any changes to the calculation variables, [...]
What is custom checkpoint?
custom checkpoints are different from normal available Checkpoints in QTP. Custom checkpoints are used to compare the dynamic exact values from the Application to the expected values to decide the application correctness.
You use a custom CHECKPOINT to:
Verify dynamic values in the Test using output Parameters.
Validate the test outcome as acceptable [...]
Creating a CHECKPOINT on a Web object is similar to creating a checkpoint on any standard object. You can create a text checkpoint on a Web Application to check if a text string appears at the appropriate position on a Web page of the application.
To insert a text checkpoint from ACTIVE SCREEN:
Highlight [...]
Once the Web Add-in is loaded, the Test SETTINGS will have a Web tab. The BROWSER navigation timeout allows 60 seconds for a page to load by default.
To change the browser Timeout settings:
From the QuickTest Professional menu bar, select FILE ? SETTINGS. The TEST SETTINGS dialog box appears.
Click the WEB tab.
The WEB tab [...]
After you record a Test, you run the test to verify the test Results. You run a test on a Web Application just as you run a test on a Windows-based application. The only difference is that you open a Web browser before playing back a test on a Web application.
To run [...]
Before you initiate a record session, you need to set the record and run settings for the Web Application that you want to Test.
To set the record and run settings:
From the QuickTest Professional menu bar, select AUTOMATION ? RECORD AND RUN SETTINGS. The RECORD AND RUN SETTINGS dialog box appears. displays the RECORD [...]