diff --git a/dialects/oci8/connection_test.go b/dialects/oci8/connection_test.go
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+++ b/dialects/oci8/connection_test.go
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+package oci8
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
+	"github.com/matryer/is"
+)
+
+func Test_Connection(t *testing.T) {
+	is := is.New(t)
+	dbDSN := os.Getenv("GORM_DSN")
+	if dbDSN == "" {
+		dbDSN = "gorm/gorm@localhost:1521/XEPDB1"
+	}
+	gDB, err := gorm.Open("oci8", dbDSN)
+	is.NoErr(err)
+	db := gDB.DB()
+	q := "select sysdate from dual"
+	rows, err := db.Query(q)
+	is.NoErr(err)
+	defer rows.Close()
+	var thedate string
+	for rows.Next() {
+		err := rows.Scan(&thedate)
+		is.NoErr(err)
+	}
+	t.Logf("The date is: %s\n", thedate)
+}