def test_add_employee(self): new_employee = Employees(self.connection) new_employee.add_employee('Test', 'Employee', date.today()) cursor = self.connection.cursor() cursor.execute('''select * from employees''') self.assertEqual(tuple(cursor), (('John', 'Smith', date(year=2013, month=7, day=12)), ('Jane', 'Doe', date(year=2011, month=3, day=11)), ('Test', 'Employee', date.today())))