diff --git a/tests/test_targets.py b/tests/test_targets.py
index 1e07c1cc..5412b91c 100644
--- a/tests/test_targets.py
+++ b/tests/test_targets.py
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from typing import Optional
+from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import pytest
+import taosws
 
 from storey.dtypes import TDEngineValueError
 from storey.targets import TDEngineTarget
@@ -63,3 +65,42 @@ def test_invalid_names(
                 table=table,
                 supertable=supertable,
             )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def tdengine_target() -> TDEngineTarget:
+        target = TDEngineTarget(
+            url="taosws://root:taosdata@localhost:6041",
+            time_col="ts",
+            columns=["value"],
+            database="test",
+            table="d6241",
+        )
+
+        target._connection = Mock()
+        # The following test schema is obtained from the `taosBenchmark` data:
+        # https://docs.tdengine.com/get-started/docker/#test-data-insert-performance
+        # list(conn.query("describe test.d6241;"))
+        target._connection.query = Mock(
+            return_value=[
+                ("ts", "TIMESTAMP", 8, "", "delta-i", "lz4", "medium"),
+                ("current", "FLOAT", 4, "", "delta-d", "lz4", "medium"),
+                ("voltage", "INT", 4, "", "simple8b", "lz4", "medium"),
+                ("phase", "FLOAT", 4, "", "delta-d", "lz4", "medium"),
+                ("groupid", "INT", 4, "TAG", "disabled", "disabled", "disabled"),
+                ("location", "VARCHAR", 24, "TAG", "disabled", "disabled", "disabled"),
+            ],
+        )
+        return target
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def test_get_table_schema(tdengine_target: TDEngineTarget) -> None:
+        """Test that the parsing works"""
+        tags_schema, reg_cols_schema = tdengine_target._get_table_schema("d6241")
+        assert tags_schema == [("groupid", taosws.int_to_tag), ("location", taosws.varchar_to_tag)]
+        assert reg_cols_schema == [
+            ("ts", taosws.millis_timestamps_to_column),
+            ("current", taosws.floats_to_column),
+            ("voltage", taosws.ints_to_column),
+            ("phase", taosws.floats_to_column),
+        ]
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index b994bcf5..9248edba 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     EmitAfterWindow,
     EmitEveryEvent,
     _dict_to_emit_policy,
-    _TDEngineField,
 )
 
 
@@ -77,21 +76,3 @@ def test_emit_policy_period():
     policy = _dict_to_emit_policy(policy_dict)
     assert type(policy) == EmitAfterPeriod
     assert policy.delay_in_seconds == 8
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "description",
-    [
-        # taosBenchmark
-        # list(conn.query("describe test.d6241;"))
-        ("ts", "TIMESTAMP", 8, "", "delta-i", "lz4", "medium"),
-        ("current", "FLOAT", 4, "", "delta-d", "lz4", "medium"),
-        ("voltage", "INT", 4, "", "simple8b", "lz4", "medium"),
-        ("phase", "FLOAT", 4, "", "delta-d", "lz4", "medium"),
-        ("groupid", "INT", 4, "TAG", "disabled", "disabled", "disabled"),
-        ("location", "VARCHAR", 24, "TAG", "disabled", "disabled", "disabled"),
-    ],
-)
-def test_description_parsing_to_tdengine_field(description: tuple) -> None:
-    """Test that the parsing works"""
-    _TDEngineField(*description)