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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 2, 2006 1:55 pm
My article "Test Driven Database Development" appears in the current issue of TASSQuarterly magazine (http://www.tassq.org/quarterly/). The issue itself is...
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mbrown@...
meganole25
Oct 3, 2006 4:01 am
Better Software magazine?s Feature Article By Randall Rice I am a big fan of risk-based testing. I have developed, used, and taught risk-based testing for the...
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mbrown@...
meganole25
Oct 5, 2006 3:43 am
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 8, 2006 2:28 pm
In early July I ran a survey for Dr. Dobb's Journal investigating the current state of data management practices. Links to the article, a summary presentation...
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Scott Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 9, 2006 3:28 pm
Last night 60 Minutes did a piece on the "No Fly List" and the ongoing data quality problems surrounding it. If you missed the show there's a write up at ...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 9, 2006 6:42 pm
I forwarded the original CFP a few weeks ago and just wanted to share this reminder with everyone. I've spoken at this conference before and can highly...
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Bill Lewis
blewis02
Oct 10, 2006 4:32 am
Thanks, Scott, I'm looking forward to digging into this. "If your software manipulates data", you say? I guess maybe I'm naive, but is there software of any...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 10, 2006 9:33 pm
I certainly can't think of a good example of a system that doesn't manipulate data although am open minded to the concept. ;-) - Scott ... Practice Leader...
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Dawn Wolthuis
tincatgroup
Oct 10, 2006 9:49 pm
Yes, I much preferred it when the profession was called "data processing' instead of "information technology" (for example) where we go to school to study...
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Adrian Walker
adrianw88
Oct 10, 2006 10:28 pm
Hi Scott -- You wrote... If your software manipulates data, then clearly you need to consider data management issues. I believe that we need to develop...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 11, 2006 10:53 am
... In the DDJ article, at http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/193104893?cid=Ambysoft , there is a sidebar entitled "A New Vision for Data Management". It...
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Michael Vizdos
mikev_work
Oct 11, 2006 2:48 pm
Yeah, Scary. I know a certain three-year-old on the list. Boy, it makes traveling internationally (or even within the USA) fun with him. I can sometimes...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Oct 11, 2006 2:53 pm
Scott Ambler wrote: (snip) But what if we developed the tests for our database in parallel to developing the tests for our application code? What if we...
Looks like my email address is being spoofed. The previous message that went out from "me" had a virus attached. Sorry about that. - Scott...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 12, 2006 4:00 pm
... That would be a black box testing point of view. That's a part of the overall testing picture, but it's not the entire picture. I suspect that we need to...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Oct 12, 2006 4:32 pm
You've raised some interesting points. Thanks for responding. I would argue that most DBAs do at least the equivalent of "unit testing" for stored procedures,...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 12, 2006 6:57 pm
... My pleasure. ... Easy things would be existence tests -- has anyone dropped that index, perhaps to do a table load, but forgotten to put it back? ... That...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Oct 12, 2006 8:25 pm
Scott Ambler wrote: (snip) Why not test column invariants? If you have a day of the week column (OK, goofy example), shouldn't you validate that you're only...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 12, 2006 9:53 pm
... I'm not as concerned about who does it as I am about it being done. If your organization, for whatever reason, decides to split tasks between different...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Oct 12, 2006 10:16 pm
I'm not sure why you're suggesting that the DBAs perform Data Quality work, rather than the developers, or the end users, or a job function called Data...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 12, 2006 11:19 pm
... What I'm saying is that the work needs to be done, and that it's probably a good idea for the people who create the schema to try to do some of the work to...
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Garris, Nicole
nicgarris
Oct 12, 2006 11:33 pm
Please see my responses below. ________________________________ From: agileDatabases@yahoogroups.com [mailto:agileDatabases@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott...
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Scott W. Ambler
scottwambler
Oct 12, 2006 11:43 pm
... If your database schema holds that data, I'd be interested in writing tests that validated that the right thing was happening (and that the wrong things...
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Rob Baillie
bobalicious1974
Oct 13, 2006 6:50 pm
Yes we can, and yes someone already has, it's called UtPlsql: http://utplsql.sourceforge.net/ It's a unit test framework for testing Oracle Packages, we've...
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crista_drg
Oct 13, 2006 6:56 pm
... each ... how I ... returns ... within ... test ... be ... I think that DBUnit can be a good candidate for some kinds of db automated tests. For those who...
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Willem Bogaerts
toetah2000
Oct 13, 2006 7:37 pm
... Following this whole thread, a thought occurred to me: the relation between a DBA and a developer is more a provider-client relationship than a "direct...
