One of the tasks that is vital once Development is complete as part of a database development project is testing. There are different types of testing on Database Development projects that involve stored procedures, functions,Views and tables. Initially lot of the testing was based on sql scripts which would have been developed for different scenarios. Lot of the database testing which I did was done primarily using SQL Scripts. These days lots of development shops have adopted Agile Framework wherein the Testers and Developers need to be really co-ordinated. Recently there are tools that are being developed for Database Testing which provide lot more options and flexibility. One of the tools that i came across was SQLTest From Red Gate Software. I have used tools developed by Red Gate and have found them very useful and efficient. Here is the link for SQL Test: http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-test/. The main purpose of the SQLTest tool is to develop unit test cases scenario and execute them in a more user friendly manner. As quoted by Red Gate: With SQL Test you can discover defects much earlier in the development cycle and make continuous integration, agile development, and test-driven development achievable goals. SQLTest is powered by tSQLt which is a framework developed by Red Gate. One of the feature which I like is the ability to check the test cases into SQL Source Control which is a another offering from Red Gate. SQL Source Control can be connected to the following:
SVN
Vault
TFS
Perforce
Git
All others
Mercurial
Please use the link : http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-source-control/ for further information. As Database projects continue to grow in complexity testing of database development projects have become all the more important so that integrity and accuracy of the data will be maintained.
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