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+# Copyright (C) 2015  The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import unittest
+
+from nose.tools import istest
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+
+from .db_testing import DbTestFixture
+
+
+@attr('db')
+class TestDb(DbTestFixture, unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @istest
+    def connect(self):
+        self.assertFalse(self.conn.closed)
+
+    @istest
+    def insert_content(self):
+        self.cursor.execute(
+            'INSERT INTO content (sha1, sha1_git, sha256, length, status) ' +
+            'VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)',
+            ('34973274ccef6ab4dfaaf86599792fa9c3fe4689',
+             'd81cc0710eb6cf9efd5b920a8453e1e07157b6cd',
+             '673650f936cb3b0a2f93ce09d81be10748b1b203'
+             'c19e8176b4eefc1964a0cf3a',
+             3, 'visible'))