diff --git a/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAO.java b/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAO.java
index f25bb688152823e8ec82b2fd235c3f9e1c1505c4..8a345fe264ce77aaf433dba986214c46555565e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAO.java
@@ -42,5 +42,23 @@ public class JobDAO {
             ps.setString(2, jobId);
         });
     }
+    
+    public ExecutionPhase getJobPhase(String jobId) {
+        String sql = "SELECT phase FROM job WHERE job_id = ?";
+        
+        ExecutionPhase result = jdbcTemplate.query(sql,
+                ps -> {
+                    ps.setString(1, jobId);
+                }, rs -> {
+                    if(rs.next())
+                    {
+                        return ExecutionPhase.fromValue(rs.getString("phase"));
+                    } else {
+                        return null;
+                    }
+                });
+
+        return result;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAOTest.java b/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAOTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1eaf974bf70684956c9a7e6a8ef1066a25d908e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/it/inaf/ia2/transfer/persistence/JobDAOTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package it.inaf.ia2.transfer.persistence;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import net.ivoa.xml.uws.v1.ExecutionPhase;
+
+@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = {DataSourceConfig.class})
+@TestPropertySource(locations = "classpath:test.properties")
+public class JobDAOTest {
+    
+    @Autowired
+    private DataSource dataSource;
+    private JobDAO dao;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void init() {
+        dao = new JobDAO(dataSource);
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testNodeDAO()
+    {
+        assertTrue(dao.isJobExisting("pippo5"));        
+        assertFalse(dao.isJobExisting("pippo22"));
+        
+        ExecutionPhase phase = dao.getJobPhase("pippo5");
+        assertEquals(ExecutionPhase.EXECUTING, phase);
+        dao.updateJobPhase(ExecutionPhase.COMPLETED, "pippo5");
+        phase = dao.getJobPhase("pippo5");
+        assertEquals(ExecutionPhase.COMPLETED, phase);       
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/test-data.sql b/src/test/resources/test-data.sql
index cf0fb583998325437c2c19139d5b22cc88602f50..df512241b15b27a5177fccadc7fdf07ed9325740 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/test-data.sql
+++ b/src/test/resources/test-data.sql
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ INSERT INTO node (parent_path, parent_relative_path, name, type, owner_id, creat
 INSERT INTO node (parent_path, parent_relative_path, name, type, owner_id, creator_id, group_read, group_write) VALUES ('2', NULL, '.tmp-123.txt', 'structured', 'user1', 'user1', '{"group1","group2"}','{"group2"}');      -- /test1/.tmp-123.txt
 INSERT INTO node (parent_path, parent_relative_path, name, type, owner_id, creator_id, group_read, group_write, location_id) VALUES ('2', '', 'file1.txt', 'data', 'user1', 'user1', '{"group1","group2"}','{"group2"}', 1);      -- /test1/file1.txt
 INSERT INTO node (parent_path, parent_relative_path, name, type, owner_id, creator_id, group_read, group_write, location_id) VALUES ('2', '', 'file2.txt', 'data', 'user1', 'user1', '{"group1","group2"}','{"group2"}', 1);      -- /test1/file2.txt
+
+DELETE FROM job;
+
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo1', 'user1', 'pullFromVoSpace', 'ARCHIVED', NULL, NULL, '2011-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo2', 'user1', 'pullToVoSpace', 'PENDING', NULL, NULL, '2012-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo3', 'user1', 'pullFromVoSpace', 'QUEUED', NULL, NULL, '2013-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo4', 'user2', 'copyNode', 'PENDING', NULL, NULL, '2014-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo5', 'user1', 'pushToVoSpace', 'EXECUTING', NULL, NULL, '2015-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
+INSERT INTO job (job_id, owner_id, job_type, phase, start_time, end_time, creation_time, job_info, results) VALUES ('pippo6', 'user2', 'pullFromVoSpace', 'PENDING', NULL, NULL, '2015-06-22 19:10:25', NULL, NULL);
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