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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) 2009-2017 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+# license   : GNU GPL v2; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+import libs = libodb-mysql%lib{odb-mysql}
+
+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) 2009-2017 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 <cassert>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include <odb/mysql/database.hxx>
+#include <odb/mysql/exceptions.hxx>
+#include <odb/mysql/transaction.hxx>
+
+using namespace odb::mysql;
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  {
+    std::ostringstream os;
+    database::print_usage (os);
+    assert (!os.str ().empty ());
+  }
+
+  // We can't really do much here since that would require a database. We can
+  // create a fake database object as long as we don't expect to get a valid
+  // connection.
+  //
+  database db ("john", "secret", "dummy whammy");
+
+  try
+  {
+    transaction t (db.begin ());
+    assert (false);
+  }
+  catch (const database_exception&) {}
+}