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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

This database could help end animal testing — if only scientists had access to it A legal battle stands in the way of easily accessible health data on nearly 10,000 industrial chemicals.

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 ...

The most common alternative to animal testing is a process called read-across, in which researchers predict a new compound's toxicity based on the known properties of few chemicals that have a ...