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[vetran]

Arrogant bstards

Credit card companies supply tests.

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[mudskipper]

WSS, and those sets along with special expiry dates etc are carefully designed to test all possibilities.

Your management are prize muppets, even more so than usual by the sound of it.

Yep - did all that in testing. This was really to verify the live implementation. Which didn't work, because they were still pointing at the staging server....

[Sysman]

The banks provide numbers you can use for development/first tests, then use the company credit cards for the 'real' tests.

WSS, and those sets along with special expiry dates etc are carefully designed to test all possibilities.

Your management are prize muppets, even more so than usual by the sound of it.

Yes, I would have thought that a valid test should contain samples of all variants of number ranges, expiry dates etc possible, and the best place to get those is banks/CC companies. From other number validations I have done, there are normally ranges that never got issued, for example.

Company cards whose transactions can be audited sound a basic precaution too.

[OwlHoot]

The banks provide numbers you can use for development/first tests, then use the company credit cards for the 'real' tests.

WSS, and those sets along with special expiry dates etc are carefully designed to test all possibilities.

Your management are prize muppets, even more so than usual by the sound of it.

[amcdonald]

I had to do that, and made them 1p transactions just incase.

My cards kept being blocked, despite repeatedly explaining the situation

Unless you're paid very well its not worth the hassle, get another contract

[mudskipper]

What's the URL for your live site again?

bugger!


Fear not, it will get picked up and fail auth backend.

[AtW]

It took me two months of persuasion (and a CR!) to get 41111111111111 coded to bypass auth to enable test orders to be placed. But to test auth itself, you have no option but to use a real card.

What's the URL for your live site again?

[mudskipper]

Clientco would have been lucky not to learn some new Anglo Saxon from me.

I would have written a strong memo about this.

Don't CC companies have test numbers that can be used for this kind of stuff?

They have test numbers for their staging systems, but not once you're live. It took me two months of persuasion (and a CR!) to get 41111111111111 coded to bypass auth to enable test orders to be placed. But to test auth itself, you have no option but to use a real card.

[AtW]

Just use DimPrawn's credit card without any limit, he posted it last week daring everyone to use up his limit, here it is: 4111 1111 1111 1111, expiry: 12/99 - CV2: 123

HTH

[Sysman]

Told 'em it was unreasonable and presented a list of potential issues that testers could face.

Agreed after much to-ing and fro-ing, and written confirmation that any unforeseen charges would be refunded, to place a single order. It failed.

Clientco would have been lucky not to learn some new Anglo Saxon from me.

I would have written a strong memo about this.

Don't CC companies have test numbers that can be used for this kind of stuff?

[Zippy]

The banks provide numbers you can use for development/first tests, then use the company credit cards for the 'real' tests.

[AtW]

Agreed after much to-ing and fro-ing, and written confirmation that any unforeseen charges would be refunded, to place a single order. It failed.

Run out of credit on your card?

[mudskipper]

WSMS with bell on.

Bloody cheek.

Told 'em it was unreasonable and presented a list of potential issues that testers could face.

Agreed after much to-ing and fro-ing, and written confirmation that any unforeseen charges would be refunded, to place a single order. It failed.

[cojak]

I'd tell the to go forth and multiply if I was asked to use my own details!

WSMS with bell on.

Bloody cheek.

[d000hg]

Tell them to get management to use their own details.