What the hell does 'inject' mean in testing? I keep seeing it in documents such as 'Error inject and detailed recovery scenarios are typically part of SVT' and have searched but can't find the exact meaning.
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Are you playing with z/OS?Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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AFAIK:
Using a (usually) automated process for breaking the application/system by giving it bad input data at some point to see if it handles it in an expected manner.Coffee's for closersComment
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Kind of, I'm testing some software to work with zSeries systems so I'm using zOS as my test system.Originally posted by threadedAre you playing with z/OS?“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Thanks for that. I thought it was something like that.Originally posted by SpacecadetAFAIK:
Using a (usually) automated process for breaking the application/system by giving it bad input data at some point to see if it handles it in an expected manner.“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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Thought so, maybe they mean the actual tool: more infoOriginally posted by darmstadtKind of, I'm testing some software to work with zSeries systems so I'm using zOS as my test system.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.
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Thanks for that, I actually have it as a PDF (actually met one of the blokes when I was over in PoK last year.) You can find quite a lot at this site here. The software that I'm testing/developing actually runs on MS servers but controls zSeries boxes.Originally posted by threadedThought so, maybe they mean the actual tool: more info“Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.”Comment
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