Unit Testing Database Code

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Steve Jones, in his daily email from SQL Server Central, supplied a link to a terrific article in the MSDN magazine. Apply Test-Driven Development to your Database Projects. It was written by Jamie Laflen who is a Tech Lead on the DBPro team.  I've written a couple of articles on database unit testing, but none of them touch this. It's the new gold standard for introducing the topic to beginners (and lending a helping hand to experienced users). It's worth a read, or even two. I'm going to go back and review it a couple of times with Visual Studio open and a project running. No word yet on new virtuals. I'm going to work on another set of tests that I have to run. More on that later.
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SQL Server 2008 November CTP

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My fault, my fault, my most grevious fault... I installed the November CTP to my virtual machine without making a backup of the virtual first. Now I can't get the November CTP to uninstall and the February CTP won't install on top of it. ARRRGGGGH! Anyway, I'll be getting back to 2008 tomorrow, hopefully, after the admin guys get me a new virtual.
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