def test_get_msg(self):
        '''This currently checks that an exception is not thrown.'''
        for record in self._records:
            sr = SyncRecord()
            sr.load_from_msg(record)

            # not a proper test yet
            sr.get_msg()
    def test_get_apel_db_insert(self):

        for rec_txt, rec_tuple in zip(self._records, self._tuples):

            sr = SyncRecord()
            sr.load_from_msg(rec_txt)

            test_dn = "This is a test DN."

            values = sr.get_db_tuple(test_dn)

            for item1, item2 in zip(values, rec_tuple):
                if not item1 == item2:
                    print "item 1 is: " + str(item1)
                    print "item 2 is: " + str(item2)
                    self.fail('Values changed when creating a sync record.')