Tag Archives: software development

Double Up During Trips

Posted on November 12, 2014 by way0utwest

Would you do this? Combine two calls, like an INSERT and then a SELECT, into the same batch sent from a ADO.NET client? It’s a proposal from Visual Studio Magazine to combine code into one batch instead instead of making … Continue reading →

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Connection Issues

Posted on November 11, 2014 by way0utwest

Recently I was practicing for the keynote talk at the 2014 SQL in the City events. There were three of us in the “Ship Often, Ship Safe” talk, and we’d been practicing remotely. For the most part that meant a Skype call where we … Continue reading →

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CI and CD Aren’t Magic

Posted on October 27, 2014 by way0utwest

I’ve been studying and talking with lots of developers and DBAs about Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for a few years. Many technical people are excited about the possibilities and look forward to trying to automate their builds, their testing, … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a tSQLt test

Posted on October 20, 2014 by way0utwest

I’ve been doing some work on testing database code, and working with the tSQLt framework. I really like the framework more and more, and want to continue to use it. The whole idea of testing is a bit immature in … Continue reading →

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