diff --git a/packages/db/test/basics.test.js b/packages/db/test/basics.test.js
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+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { load as cheerioLoad } from 'cheerio';
+import { isWindows, loadFixture } from '../../../astro/test/test-utils.js';
+
+describe('astro:db', () => {
+	let fixture;
+	before(async () => {
+		fixture = await loadFixture({
+			root: new URL('./fixtures/basics/', import.meta.url),
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('build', () => {
+		before(async () => {
+			await fixture.build();
+		});
+
+		it('Prints the list of authors', async () => {
+			const html = await fixture.readFile('/index.html');
+			const $ = cheerioLoad(html);
+
+			const ul = $('ul');
+			expect(ul).to.have.a.lengthOf(5);
+			expect($('li').text()).to.equal('Ben');
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/astro.config.mjs b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/astro.config.mjs
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+++ b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/astro.config.mjs
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+import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';
+import { db, field } from '@astro/db';
+
+// https://astro.build/config
+export default defineConfig({
+	integrations: [db()],
+	db: {
+		collections: {
+			Author: {
+				fields: {
+					name: field.text(),
+				},
+			}
+		}
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/db.seed.ts b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/db.seed.ts
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+import { Author, db } from 'astro:db';
+
+const authors: Array<typeof Author.$inferInsert> = [
+	{
+		name: 'Ben',
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Nate',
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Erika',
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Bjorn',
+	},
+	{
+		title: 'Sarah',
+	},
+];
+
+await db.insert(Author).values(authors);
diff --git a/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/package.json b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@test/db-aliases",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@astrojs/db": "workspace:*",
+    "astro": "workspace:*"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/src/pages/index.astro b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/src/pages/index.astro
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+++ b/packages/db/test/fixtures/basics/src/pages/index.astro
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+---
+import { Author, db } from 'astro:db';
+
+const authors = await db.select().from(Author);
+---
+
+<ul>
+	{authors.map(author => (
+		<li>{author.name}</li>
+	))}
+</ul>