How to simulate a DB for testing (Java)?

Question

I\'m programming in Java and my applications are making a lot of use of DB. Hence, it is important for me to be able to test my DB usage easily.
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Answer 1

"Just get yourself a testing DB, how hard could it be?" - Well, in my working place, to have a personal testing DB is pretty impossible. You have to use a "public" DB, which is accessible for everyone.

Sounds like you've got cultural problems at work that are providing a barrier to you being able to do your job to the fullest of your abilities and the benefit of your product. You might want to do something about that.

On the other hand, if your database schema is under version control then you could always have a test build that creates a database from the schema, populates it with test data, runs your tests, gathers the results and then drops the database. It'd only be in existence for the duration of the tests. It can be a new database on an existing installation if hardware is a problem. This is similar to what we do where I work.