diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/delete-basic.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/delete-basic.ts
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+import { C6C } from '../../../api/C6Constants';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'builds DELETE with JOIN and WHERE',
+  method: C6C.DELETE,
+  table: 'actor',
+  rest: {
+    [C6C.JOIN]: {
+      [C6C.INNER]: {
+        'film_actor fa': {
+          'fa.actor_id': [C6C.EQUAL, 'actor.actor_id'],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    [C6C.WHERE]: {
+      'actor.actor_id': [C6C.GREATER_THAN, 100],
+    },
+  },
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: [
+      'DELETE `actor` FROM `actor`',
+      'INNER JOIN `film_actor` AS `fa` ON',
+      '(actor.actor_id) > ?',
+    ],
+    params: [100],
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/insert-basic.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/insert-basic.ts
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+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/insert-basic.ts
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+import { C6C } from '../../../api/C6Constants';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'builds INSERT with ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE',
+  method: C6C.POST,
+  table: 'actor',
+  rest: {
+    [C6C.REPLACE]: {
+      'actor.first_name': 'BOB',
+      'actor.last_name': 'SMITH',
+    },
+    [C6C.UPDATE]: ['first_name', 'last_name'],
+  },
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: [
+      'REPLACE INTO `actor`',
+      '`first_name`, `last_name`',
+      'ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `first_name` = VALUES(`first_name`), `last_name` = VALUES(`last_name`)',
+    ],
+    params: ['BOB', 'SMITH'],
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-basic.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-basic.ts
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+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-basic.ts
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+import { C6C } from '../../../api/C6Constants';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'builds SELECT with JOIN, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING and default LIMIT',
+  method: C6C.GET,
+  table: 'actor',
+  rest: {
+    [C6C.SELECT]: ['actor.first_name', [C6C.COUNT, 'actor.actor_id', C6C.AS, 'cnt']],
+    [C6C.JOIN]: {
+      [C6C.INNER]: {
+        'film_actor fa': {
+          'fa.actor_id': [C6C.EQUAL, 'actor.actor_id'],
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    [C6C.WHERE]: {
+      'actor.first_name': [C6C.LIKE, '%A%'],
+      0: {
+        'actor.actor_id': [C6C.GREATER_THAN, 10],
+      },
+    },
+    [C6C.GROUP_BY]: 'actor.first_name',
+    [C6C.HAVING]: {
+      cnt: [C6C.GREATER_THAN, 1],
+    },
+  },
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: [
+      'SELECT actor.first_name, COUNT(actor.actor_id) AS cnt FROM `actor`',
+      'INNER JOIN `film_actor` AS `fa` ON',
+      '(actor.first_name) LIKE ?',
+      '(actor.actor_id) > ?',
+      'GROUP BY actor.first_name',
+      'HAVING',
+      'LIMIT 100',
+    ],
+    params: ['%A%', 10, 1],
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-binary.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-binary.ts
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+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/select-binary.ts
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+import { C6C } from '../../../api/C6Constants';
+import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'converts hex to Buffer for BINARY columns in WHERE params',
+  method: C6C.GET,
+  table: 'actor',
+  rest: {
+    [C6C.WHERE]: {
+      'actor.binarycol': [C6C.EQUAL, '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef'],
+    },
+  },
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: ['WHERE (actor.binarycol) = ?'],
+    params: [Buffer.from('0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef', 'hex')],
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/update-basic.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/update-basic.ts
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index 0000000..d7b534f
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+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/sql/update-basic.ts
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+import { C6C } from '../../../api/C6Constants';
+
+export default {
+  description: 'builds UPDATE with WHERE and pagination',
+  method: C6C.PUT,
+  table: 'actor',
+  rest: {
+    [C6C.UPDATE]: {
+      'first_name': 'ALICE',
+    },
+    [C6C.WHERE]: {
+      'actor.actor_id': [C6C.EQUAL, 5],
+    },
+    [C6C.PAGINATION]: { [C6C.LIMIT]: 1 },
+  },
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: [
+      'UPDATE `actor` SET',
+      '`first_name` = ?',
+      'WHERE (actor.actor_id) = ?',
+      'LIMIT 1',
+    ],
+    params: ['ALICE', 5],
+  },
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/sqlBuilders.fixture.test.ts b/src/__tests__/sqlBuilders.fixture.test.ts
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+++ b/src/__tests__/sqlBuilders.fixture.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { SelectQueryBuilder } from '../api/orm/queries/SelectQueryBuilder';
+import { PostQueryBuilder } from '../api/orm/queries/PostQueryBuilder';
+import { UpdateQueryBuilder } from '../api/orm/queries/UpdateQueryBuilder';
+import { DeleteQueryBuilder } from '../api/orm/queries/DeleteQueryBuilder';
+import { buildTestConfig } from './fixtures/c6.fixture';
+import { readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+
+interface Fixture {
+  description: string;
+  method: string;
+  table: string;
+  rest: any;
+  expected: {
+    sqlIncludes: string[];
+    params: any[];
+  };
+}
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+const casesDir = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'sql');
+const caseFiles = readdirSync(casesDir).filter(f => f.endsWith('.ts'));
+
+const fixtures: Fixture[] = await Promise.all(
+  caseFiles.map(async file => {
+    const mod = await import(pathToFileURL(path.join(casesDir, file)).href);
+    return mod.default as Fixture;
+  })
+);
+
+describe('SQL Builder fixtures', () => {
+  fixtures.forEach(fixture => {
+    it(fixture.description, () => {
+      const config = buildTestConfig();
+      config.requestMethod = fixture.method as any;
+      config.restModel = config.C6.TABLES[fixture.table];
+
+      let builder;
+      switch (fixture.method) {
+        case 'POST':
+          builder = new PostQueryBuilder(config as any, fixture.rest as any, false);
+          break;
+        case 'PUT':
+          builder = new UpdateQueryBuilder(config as any, fixture.rest as any, false);
+          break;
+        case 'DELETE':
+          builder = new DeleteQueryBuilder(config as any, fixture.rest as any, false);
+          break;
+        case 'GET':
+        default:
+          builder = new SelectQueryBuilder(config as any, fixture.rest as any, false);
+          break;
+      }
+
+      const { sql, params } = builder.build(fixture.table);
+      fixture.expected.sqlIncludes.forEach(fragment => {
+        expect(sql).toContain(fragment);
+      });
+      expect(params).toEqual(fixture.expected.params);
+    });
+  });
+});