Sachin Rekhi's Ramblings

On Mastering DB Development with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals

Database Unit Testing Whitepaper Published

I wanted to let you all know that I just published my detailed whitepaper on database unit testing....

Author: SachinRe Date: 03/16/2007

Reporting Survey

As many of our Team System customers know, a lot of the value that comes from the Visual Studio Team...

Author: SachinRe Date: 01/18/2007

New DB Pro Case Study

Check out this great case study that was recently published showing exactly how Team Edition for...

Author: SachinRe Date: 01/18/2007

Programmatic deployment sample

Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has put together another great sample showing you...

Author: SachinRe Date: 01/02/2007

Disabling triggers to support data generation

Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has developed a code sample to show you how to...

Author: SachinRe Date: 01/02/2007

Database Unit Testing Whitepaper Draft

So I’ve spent the last week authoring a detailed whitepaper on Team Edition for Database...

Author: SachinRe Date: 12/20/2006

Team Edition for Database Professionals v1.0 in now available!

The first edition of Team Data is now available for download on MSDN. So if you are an MSDN...

Author: SachinRe Date: 12/07/2006

Common Regular Expressions

Gert Drapers has a great post on taking full advantage of the regular expression generator. He shows...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/29/2006

Process Guidance Incorporating DB Pro Available!

The other major announcement we made this week was that the MSF Process Guidance Templates have been...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/18/2006

Team Data Ship Date: November 30, 2006

We officially announced this week at the SQL Pass conference our RTM date for Team Edition for...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/18/2006

Change in Database Unit Testing RAISERROR Behavior in CTP 7

We have changed the behavior of the usage of the RAISERROR command in database unit tests. Prior to...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/10/2006

Change in Test Conditions Generators Extension File in CTP7

I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of a change that we have made in the extensions file for...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/10/2006

DevConnections Presentation: Database Unit Testing

I wanted to make available the other presentation that I gave at Dev Connections in Las Vegas,...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/10/2006

DevConnections Presentation: The Database Development Process

This week I attended the Dev Connections series of conferences in Las Vegas, Nevada. I had a great...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/10/2006

Team Data CTP7 is now Live!

Team Data CTP7 is now Live! Download it here. Check out Cameron’s blog post to find out exactly what...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/02/2006

Product Documentation is now Live!

Just wanted to take a moment to direct folks to documentation for Team Edition for Database...

Author: SachinRe Date: 11/01/2006

Creating a custom data generator: PersonGenerator

One of the most exciting extensibility points in Team Edition for Database Professionals is the...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/26/2006

Test Case Management

If you have both Team Data and Test Test (or simply Team Suite), you’ll be able to take advantage of...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/23/2006

The Many Ways to Execute Database Unit Tests

I wanted to make sure you were all aware of the various methods of executing database unit tests....

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/23/2006

A new Team Data Blogger: Mairead

As we get closer to bringing this product to market, my fellow Program Manager, Mairead O’Donovan,...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/20/2006

Team Data CTP6 Survey

We have just posted a survey that we are seeking our customer’s valuable feedback on based on their...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/18/2006

Team Data CTP6 is now available!

The latest and greatest CTP of Team Edition for Database Professionals is now available! Download...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/17/2006

Upcoming DB Pro Chat!

Wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the upcoming DB Pro chat! Details below… Come and join...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/12/2006

Video on adding transaction support to db unit tests

Learn how to add transaction support to your database unit tests in Team Edition for Database...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/12/2006

Adding transaction support to database unit tests

I wanted to describe how to add transaction support to your database unit tests. In this previous...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/12/2006

Video on Creating a Custom Test Condition

I just put together a 15 minute video on just how you go about creating a custom test condition. So...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/12/2006

Interesting Rename Refactoring Scenarios: Coalescing Two or More Objects

Here is another interesting use case for rename refactoring – coalescing two or more objects. What...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/03/2006

Interesting Rename Refactoring Scenarios: Name Consistency

One of the primary uses of database rename refactoring is driving naming consistency of your schema...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/03/2006

Take our product survey

Cameron Skinner just posted a request on his blog for everyone to take our product survey. It...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/03/2006

Visual Studio Team System Chat Tomorrow (Oct 4)

I'd encourage everyone to come check out tomorrow's VSTS chat... Join members of the Visual Studio...

Author: SachinRe Date: 10/03/2006

Video on Configuring Design DB for Team Edition for Database Professionals

Richard Waymire just posted a video that will describe how to install and configure SQL Server 2005...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/29/2006

Video on Creating a database project with Team Edition for DB Pros

Mairead O’Donovan just put together a fabulous 10 minute video walking you through exactly how to...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/29/2006

Video on Team Edition for DB Pros

Our customers are always hungry for content related to the newest edition for Visual Studio Team...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/28/2006

CTP 5 Refresh Available!

Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager, of Team Edition for Database Professionals just added a great...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/15/2006

Team Edition for DB Pros 5 Min Demo

While preparing for my keynote demo for Tech Ed Malaysia, I produced a couple of short sample videos...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/15/2006

Trip to Tech Ed SEA in Malaysia

I just got back from an exciting trip to Microsoft Tech Ed South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur,...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/11/2006

MSDN Webcast: Richard and Mairead on Managing and Deploying SQL Server 2005 Schemas

Richard Waymire, PM Architect, and Mairead O’Donovan, Program Manager, recently completed an MSDN...

Author: SachinRe Date: 09/11/2006

Extensibility in Team Edition for Database Professionals

I just gave a presentation at the annual Visual Studio Partner Summit on extensibility points in...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/30/2006

Creating a custom test condition: ResultSet Column Count

I wanted to walk you through just how you can go about creating your own custom test condition. This...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/22/2006

Team Data CTP5 is available!

I would like to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals Community Technology Preview 5...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/21/2006

Sample Code from Today’s Webcast

I was asked if I could provide some of the code samples that I showed during today’s webcast. So I...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/08/2006

MSDN Webcast: Gert and Sachin on Database Testing and Refactoring

Gert Drapers, Development Manager, and I did a MSDN webcast yesterday on Database Testing &...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/08/2006

2 connection strings in database unit testing

If you’ve had a chance to play with database unit testing in Team Edition for Database...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/08/2006

Under the hood of database unit testing

In previous posts I have showed you how to create various kinds of database unit tests using Team...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/08/2006

Public Test Condition Extensibility

I’m very excited to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals will support public test...

Author: SachinRe Date: 08/08/2006

Running database unit tests from the command-line

Since database unit tests are first-class test types in Team Test, you can take full advantage of...

Author: SachinRe Date: 07/29/2006

Ed Burnette has a great post looking back on the successes of Erich Gamma. While I think of him most...

Author: SachinRe Date: 07/29/2006

What is the Inconclusive Test Condition?

Several people have asked me about what the Inconclusive Test Condition is and why we add it by...

Author: SachinRe Date: 07/29/2006

Database Unit Testing and Debugging

With Team Edition for Database Professionals, you can create database unit tests and debug the...

Author: SachinRe Date: 07/27/2006

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