Tag Archives: testing

Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory

Posted on November 27, 2024 by way0utwest

One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume) Redgate Monitor and needed more job history than they had in msdb.sysjobhistory. They wanted to use SQL Data Generator to help, but couldn’t make it work. … Continue reading →

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Where to Test Your Code

Posted on June 26, 2024 by way0utwest

The last 10-15 years in software development have seen a widespread embracing of unit testing. Before the popularity of mobile phones and their apps, most of the organizations I’d worked in gave lip service to automated unit testing, and often … Continue reading →

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Serious Software Glitches

Posted on February 5, 2024 by way0utwest

Recently Robert Sterbal pointed out a podcast to me. This link is for Apple Podcasts, but it’s for the Journal, which is on other platforms (I listened on Spotify). It’s the story of a computer glitch in UK post office … Continue reading →

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The Code Review Checklist

Posted on October 16, 2023 by way0utwest

Early in my career as a developer, I was required to follow a formal process to get the code I’d written deployed to production environments. Each time I’d written code, I had to document what I’d tested and then print … Continue reading →

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