2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tests/basics/buildfile b/tests/basics/buildfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a871a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/buildfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# file      : tests/basics/buildfile
+# copyright : Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Code Synthesis Tools CC
+# license   : GNU GPL v2; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+import libs = libodb%lib{odb}
+
+exe{driver}: cxx{driver} $libs
diff --git a/tests/basics/driver.cxx b/tests/basics/driver.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8994429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/basics/driver.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// file      : tests/basics/driver.cxx
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2009-2015 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 <odb/exceptions.hxx>
+#include <odb/transaction.hxx>
+
+using namespace odb;
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  // Transaction.
+  //
+  {
+    assert (!transaction::has_current ());
+
+    try
+    {
+      transaction::current ();
+      assert(false);
+    }
+    catch (const not_in_transaction&) {}
+  }
+}