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+import { GenericContainer } from "testcontainers"
+import postgres from "../../../../packages/server/src/integrations/postgres"
+
+jest.unmock("pg")
+
+describe("getExternalSchema", () => {
+  describe("postgres", () => {
+    let host: string
+    let port: number
+    let config: any
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      const container = await new GenericContainer("postgres")
+        .withExposedPorts(5432)
+        .withEnv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", "password")
+        .start()
+
+      host = container.getContainerIpAddress()
+      port = container.getMappedPort(5432)
+
+      config = {
+        host,
+        port,
+        database: "postgres",
+        user: "postgres",
+        password: "password",
+        schema: "public",
+        ssl: false,
+        rejectUnauthorized: false,
+      }
+    })
+
+    it("can export an empty database", async () => {
+      const integration = new postgres.integration(config)
+      const result = await integration.getExternalSchema()
+      expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+        "--
+        -- PostgreSQL database dump
+        --
+
+        -- Dumped from database version 15.3 (Debian 15.3-1.pgdg120+1)
+        -- Dumped by pg_dump version 15.3
+
+        SET statement_timeout = 0;
+        SET lock_timeout = 0;
+        SET idle_in_transaction_session_timeout = 0;
+        SET client_encoding = 'UTF8';
+        SET standard_conforming_strings = on;
+        SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '', false);
+        SET check_function_bodies = false;
+        SET xmloption = content;
+        SET client_min_messages = warning;
+        SET row_security = off;
+
+        --
+        -- PostgreSQL database dump complete
+        --
+
+        "
+      `)
+    })
+  })
+})