diff --git a/tests/CreatePageBrowserTest.php b/tests/CreatePageBrowserTest.php
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+<?php
+
+class CreatePageBrowserTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase {
+    public function testBasic() {
+        global $CONF;
+        $CONF['page_size'] = 5;
+
+        // insert some data. 
+        foreach (range(1,10) as $i) {
+            $username = 'pbt' . $i;
+
+            $this->assertEquals(1,
+                db_insert(
+                    'mailbox',
+                    array(
+                        'username' => $username,
+                        'password' => 'blah',
+                        'name' => 'blah',
+                        'maildir' => 'blah',
+                        'local_part' => 'blah',
+                        'domain' => 'example.com',
+                    )
+                )
+            );
+        }
+
+        // this breaks on sqlite atm.
+        $b = create_page_browser('mailbox.username FROM mailbox', 'WHERE 1 = 1' );
+
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($b);
+    }
+}