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diff --git a/tests/basics/buildfile b/tests/basics/buildfile
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+# file      : tests/basics/buildfile
+# copyright : Copyright (c) 2009-2019 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+# license   : GNU GPL v2; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+import libs = libodb-boost%lib{odb-boost}
+
+exe{driver}: {hxx cxx}{*} $libs
diff --git a/tests/basics/driver.cxx b/tests/basics/driver.cxx
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+// file      : tests/basics/driver.cxx
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2009-2019 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+// license   : GNU GPL v2; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+// Basic test to make sure the library is usable. Functionality testing
+// is done in the odb-tests package.
+
+#include <odb/boost/exception.hxx>
+#include <odb/boost/date-time/exceptions.hxx>
+
+using namespace odb;
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  try
+  {
+    throw boost::date_time::value_out_of_range ();
+  }
+  catch (const boost::exception&)
+  {
+  }
+}