diff --git a/join_table_test.go b/join_table_test.go
index db09c8e6..01b038c2 100644
--- a/join_table_test.go
+++ b/join_table_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (*PersonAddress) Delete(handler gorm.JoinTableHandlerInterface, db *gorm.DB
 func (pa *PersonAddress) JoinWith(handler gorm.JoinTableHandlerInterface, db *gorm.DB, source interface{}) *gorm.DB {
 	table := pa.Table(db)
 	where := fmt.Sprintf("%v.deleted_at IS NULL OR %v.deleted_at <= ", table, table)
-	if isOracle(db) {
+	if isOra(db) {
 		where = where + "DATE '0001-01-02'"
 	} else {
 		where = where + "'0001-01-02'"
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 67a9056f..c7a405fa 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func TestTransactionReadonly(t *testing.T) {
 	if dialect == "" {
 		dialect = "sqlite"
 	}
-	if isOracle(DB) {
+	if isOra(DB) {
 		dialect = "oracle"
 	}
 	switch dialect {
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ func TestQueryHint1(t *testing.T) {
 	db := DB.New()
 
 	q := "select 1"
-	if isOracle(db) {
+	if isOra(db) {
 		q = q + " from dual"
 	}
 	_, err := db.Model(User{}).Raw(q).Rows()
@@ -1462,8 +1462,8 @@ func parseTime(str string) *time.Time {
 	return &t
 }
 
-// isOracle gives tests an easy way to determine if the dialect uses Oracle for its RMDBS, since oracle could have multiple dialects for different drivers.
-// and since tests run in their own namespace
-func isOracle(db *gorm.DB) bool {
-	return db.Dialect().GetName() == "oci8"
+// isOra gives tests an easy way to determine if the dialect uses Oracle for its RMDBS, since oracle could have multiple dialects for different drivers.
+func isOra(db *gorm.DB) bool {
+	_, ok := db.Dialect().(gorm.OraDialect)
+	return ok
 }
diff --git a/query_test.go b/query_test.go
index 2c8320a6..636db069 100644
--- a/query_test.go
+++ b/query_test.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestSearchWithPlainSQL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	param := "?"
-	if isOracle(scopedb) {
+	if isOra(scopedb) {
 		param = "to_date(?, 'YYYY-MM-DD')"
 	}
 	scopedb.Where("birthday > "+param, "2002-10-10").Find(&users)
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ func TestSelectWithEscapedFieldName(t *testing.T) {
 	DB.Save(&user1).Save(&user2).Save(&user3)
 
 	colName := "name"
-	if isOracle(DB) {
+	if isOra(DB) {
 		colName = "NAME" // oracle upper cases all identifiers that aren't explicitly escaped when the table is created
 	}
 	var names []string
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ func TestSelectWithVariables(t *testing.T) {
 	} else {
 		columns, _ := rows.Columns()
 		colName := "fake"
-		if isOracle(DB) {
+		if isOra(DB) {
 			colName = "FAKE" // oracle upper cases all identifiers that aren't explicitly escaped when the table is created
 		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(columns, []string{colName}) {
diff --git a/scope_test.go b/scope_test.go
index a08b5d4f..9d06b072 100644
--- a/scope_test.go
+++ b/scope_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func TestValuer(t *testing.T) {
 
 	var user2 User
 
-	if isOracle(DB) {
+	if isOra(DB) {
 		where := fmt.Sprintf("name = ? AND %s AND %s", oracle.SearchBlob("password_hash"), oracle.SearchBlob("password"))
 
 		if err := DB.Where(where, name, "abc", "***pass1").First(&user2).Error; err != nil {