Unit-testing should have as few barriers as possible. For relational databases those barriers range from external dependencies to speed to keeping the relational schema synchronized with your object ...

In-Depth Eliminate Database Dependencies in Test-Driven Development How to avoid the end-to-end integration test problem with the Repository pattern. By Benjamin Day 09/01/2009 Get Code Download Many ...

Developers familiar with Test-Driven Development would like to continue their familiar Red-Green-Refactor cycle even when working with Stored Procedures. Cory Foy shows how to use Visual Studio ...

Within IT, testing has matured as an industry. Many tools exist, and many IT shops have testing groups. But, often those testing groups are unable to assist on data-related projects. The heart of the ...

Best way to refresh test database with data from production? Maxer Jul 2, 2008 Jump to latest Follow Reply ...

How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks ...

Microsoft has released another test version of its forthcoming SQL Server 2005 database and has introduced a free management tool. The company made the second "community technology preview" of SQL ...