Sachin Rekhi's Ramblings
On Mastering DB Development with Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
I wanted to let you all know that I just published my detailed whitepaper on database unit testing....
Date: 03/16/2007
As many of our Team System customers know, a lot of the value that comes from the Visual Studio Team...
Date: 01/18/2007
Check out this great case study that was recently published showing exactly how Team Edition for...
Date: 01/18/2007
Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has put together another great sample showing you...
Date: 01/02/2007
Jamie Laflen, Tech Lead for database unit testing, has developed a code sample to show you how to...
Date: 01/02/2007
So I’ve spent the last week authoring a detailed whitepaper on Team Edition for Database...
Date: 12/20/2006
The first edition of Team Data is now available for download on MSDN. So if you are an MSDN...
Date: 12/07/2006
Gert Drapers has a great post on taking full advantage of the regular expression generator. He shows...
Date: 11/29/2006
The other major announcement we made this week was that the MSF Process Guidance Templates have been...
Date: 11/18/2006
We officially announced this week at the SQL Pass conference our RTM date for Team Edition for...
Date: 11/18/2006
We have changed the behavior of the usage of the RAISERROR command in database unit tests. Prior to...
Date: 11/10/2006
I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of a change that we have made in the extensions file for...
Date: 11/10/2006
I wanted to make available the other presentation that I gave at Dev Connections in Las Vegas,...
Date: 11/10/2006
This week I attended the Dev Connections series of conferences in Las Vegas, Nevada. I had a great...
Date: 11/10/2006
Team Data CTP7 is now Live! Download it here. Check out Cameron’s blog post to find out exactly what...
Date: 11/02/2006
Just wanted to take a moment to direct folks to documentation for Team Edition for Database...
Date: 11/01/2006
One of the most exciting extensibility points in Team Edition for Database Professionals is the...
Date: 10/26/2006
If you have both Team Data and Test Test (or simply Team Suite), you’ll be able to take advantage of...
Date: 10/23/2006
I wanted to make sure you were all aware of the various methods of executing database unit tests....
Date: 10/23/2006
As we get closer to bringing this product to market, my fellow Program Manager, Mairead O’Donovan,...
Date: 10/20/2006
We have just posted a survey that we are seeking our customer’s valuable feedback on based on their...
Date: 10/18/2006
The latest and greatest CTP of Team Edition for Database Professionals is now available! Download...
Date: 10/17/2006
Wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the upcoming DB Pro chat! Details below… Come and join...
Date: 10/12/2006
Learn how to add transaction support to your database unit tests in Team Edition for Database...
Date: 10/12/2006
I wanted to describe how to add transaction support to your database unit tests. In this previous...
Date: 10/12/2006
I just put together a 15 minute video on just how you go about creating a custom test condition. So...
Date: 10/12/2006
Here is another interesting use case for rename refactoring – coalescing two or more objects. What...
Date: 10/03/2006
One of the primary uses of database rename refactoring is driving naming consistency of your schema...
Date: 10/03/2006
Cameron Skinner just posted a request on his blog for everyone to take our product survey. It...
Date: 10/03/2006
I'd encourage everyone to come check out tomorrow's VSTS chat... Join members of the Visual Studio...
Date: 10/03/2006
Richard Waymire just posted a video that will describe how to install and configure SQL Server 2005...
Date: 09/29/2006
Mairead O’Donovan just put together a fabulous 10 minute video walking you through exactly how to...
Date: 09/29/2006
Our customers are always hungry for content related to the newest edition for Visual Studio Team...
Date: 09/28/2006
Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager, of Team Edition for Database Professionals just added a great...
Date: 09/15/2006
While preparing for my keynote demo for Tech Ed Malaysia, I produced a couple of short sample videos...
Date: 09/15/2006
I just got back from an exciting trip to Microsoft Tech Ed South East Asia in Kuala Lumpur,...
Date: 09/11/2006
Richard Waymire, PM Architect, and Mairead O’Donovan, Program Manager, recently completed an MSDN...
Date: 09/11/2006
I just gave a presentation at the annual Visual Studio Partner Summit on extensibility points in...
Date: 08/30/2006
I wanted to walk you through just how you can go about creating your own custom test condition. This...
Date: 08/22/2006
I would like to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals Community Technology Preview 5...
Date: 08/21/2006
I was asked if I could provide some of the code samples that I showed during today’s webcast. So I...
Date: 08/08/2006
Gert Drapers, Development Manager, and I did a MSDN webcast yesterday on Database Testing &...
Date: 08/08/2006
If you’ve had a chance to play with database unit testing in Team Edition for Database...
Date: 08/08/2006
In previous posts I have showed you how to create various kinds of database unit tests using Team...
Date: 08/08/2006
I’m very excited to announce that Team Edition for Database Professionals will support public test...
Date: 08/08/2006
Since database unit tests are first-class test types in Team Test, you can take full advantage of...
Date: 07/29/2006
Ed Burnette has a great post looking back on the successes of Erich Gamma. While I think of him most...
Date: 07/29/2006
Several people have asked me about what the Inconclusive Test Condition is and why we add it by...
Date: 07/29/2006
With Team Edition for Database Professionals, you can create database unit tests and debug the...
Date: 07/27/2006