I’ve made additions and changes to the GitHub repository for “Test First” development of the database schema. All procedure names will now start with “Test”, so that they’re easier to find in Object Explorer and Intellisense. I’ve added a “TestHeader” stored procedure. You can put this at the top of your TDD script and it’ll add the date/time, database user, Sql Server version etc., to your results.

The spObjectExists procedure has been replaced by TestObjectExists, with the following signature:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[TestObjectExists]
@i_ObjectType sysname
,@i_ObjectName sysname = Null
,@i_ParentSchemaName sysname = Null --not needed if testing schema's existence
,@i_DbName sysname = Null
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I’m looking at the practicalities of using Continuous Delivery/Agile techniques where the database is a “high scale” project in Agile terms, and therefore relatively difficult (for more detail about this Agile terminology refer to Scott Ambler’s writings).

As well as thinking about the big issues, I want to start putting together some of the pieces to make it work. I’m doing this in Sql Server 2014 Transact-Sql. I’ve started with automated testing of reporting procedures. There may be utilities that can do this; finding suitable tools is part of the research. It still seems worthwhile having alternatives in Transact-Sql if possible. There’s no purchase or installation to approve, and the code is easy to understand and to edit. Continue reading “Test-First” Database Development (1) →