{"id":726,"date":"2007-10-13T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T19:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2007-10-17T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2007-10-17T16:36:24","slug":"029-sqlbits-richard-fennell-on-sql-server-unit-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"029 &#8211; SQLBits &#8211; Richard Fennell on SQL Server Unit Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/sqlbits-sponsors.jpg\"  \/><br \/>\nSQLBits, the sponsors: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sql\">Microsoft<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.idera.com\/\">Idera<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.quest.com\/\">Quest Software<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/learning.solidq.com\/uk\/Default.aspx\">Solid Quality Learning<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/\">redgate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Richard-Fennell.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Test driven development is one of the current hot topics in software development, but how far can these principles be applied in the world of SQL? In this session I will look at the principles of TDD and other testing options using both freeware tools and Microsoft\u2019s Visual Studio Datadude. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlbits.com\">SQLBits<\/a> was another fine piece of event engineering, huge congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqlblogcasts.com\/blogs\/tonyrogerson\/\">Tony<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/sqlblogcasts.com\/blogs\/simons\/\">Simon<\/a>, Martin and <a href=\"http:\/\/cwebbbi.spaces.live.com\/\">Chris<\/a> on the success of their first DDD-style SQL conference.<\/p>\n<p>In this, podcast#29, I&#8217;m chatting to Richard Fennell about his session.  I&#8217;ve known Richard for a few years now, as the photograph above confirms (regular followers will know that maroon shirts were issued to speakers at DDD3!)  I was pleased to be able to catch up with Richard and talk about his session before he delivered it.  Richard was talking about unit testing SQL Server (using <a href=\"http:\/\/tsqlunit.sourceforge.net\/\">tsqlunit<\/a>), which certainly caught my attention being an avid TDDer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/podcasts\/RSSPodCasts.xml\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/images\/podcast_rssfeed.gif\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/podcasts\/RSSPodcasts.xml\">Podcast feed &#8211; subscribe here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/podcasts\/029-SQLBits-Richard-Fennell.mp3\">http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/podcasts\/029-SQLBits-Richard-Fennell.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/podcasts\/029-SQLBits-Richard-Fennell.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/images\/podcast_listen.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=728\">SQLBits &#8211; post event<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/gertd\/\">Data Dude<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.blackmarble.co.uk\/blogs\/rfennell\/\">Richard&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/SQLBits\" rel=\"tag\">SQLBits<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/SQLBits07\" rel=\"tag\">SQLBits07<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Unit+Testing\" rel=\"tag\">Unit Testing<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Data+Dude\" rel=\"tag\">Data Dude<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Richard+Fennell\" rel=\"tag\">Richard Fennell<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/TSQLUnit\" rel=\"tag\">TSQLUnit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/TSQL-Unit\" rel=\"tag\">TSQL-Unit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/TDD\" rel=\"tag\">TDD<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Test-Driven+Development\" rel=\"tag\">Test-Driven Development<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQLBits, the sponsors: Microsoft | Idera Quest Software | Solid Quality Learning | redgate Test driven development is one of the current hot topics in software development, but how far can these principles be applied in the world of SQL? In this session I will look at the principles of TDD and other testing options &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">029 &#8211; SQLBits &#8211; Richard Fennell on SQL Server Unit Testing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,16,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-developer-events","category-podcasts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}