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 ## About
 
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+## ⚠️ ATTENTION
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+> **This project is used only by the Script Languages Container tests and must NOT be used or depended on outside of that context.**
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+> **Deprecation notice:** This repository is deprecated for general use and may be removed or changed without notice. Do not rely on it for new projects. Use instead the [exasol-pytest-backend](https://github.com/exasol/pytest-backend/), [exasol-pytest-extension](https://github.com/exasol/pytest-extension/) or [exasol-pytest-slc](https://github.com/exasol/pytest-slc/)
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 This project is shared among other Exasol projects, and provides a test framework to execute integration tests on the database.