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13th September 2008 Hatfield, Hertfordshire

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Session Details - A Testing Time...

Do you feel that there's something missing in your DBA life? I did ... before I discovered unit testing with SQL Server! Fact: you're a busy, hard-working DBA ... are unit tests relevant to you? You probably feel that you have enough to do already just "keeping the lights on". BUT - consider for a moment that unit tests are now a crucial part of all modern development. It's at the core of agile development: Test First/Test Driven Development. So why is unit testing neglected for the database? This session's presenter, awarded "Best Presenter" in last SQLBits(!) - will show you quickly and easily how to get started with SQL Server unit testing ... and as a bonus the presenter has several free copies of a commercial unit testing framework to give away! If you feel that you just don't know where to start; or that you can't see how testing even applies to databases - come along to the session, give me just 1-hour of your time. I guarantee, I will change your mind. The session is accessible - even if you've never written a single test before. The simplest tests are simple one-liners that could save you hours of pain in the future. The session goes well beyond the concepts and shows tried-and-trusted techniques used every day by the session's presenter.
Hue Holleran
Hue Holleran is a professional consultant specialising in database-centric solutions and specifically SQL Server. After 20 years as a consultant to over 100 organisations and some of the largest global brands in various industries - he has established a reputation for leading teams leveraging modern tools and technologies in innovative and practical ways. Being old enough to remember all too well developing database solutions in 'C' on a mainframe and DBase and FoxBase+ in the mid 1980's and one of the first developers of that "modern" approach: client/server! Having frequently presented on various topics since presenting for Microsoft at all UK venues for the launch of Visual Studio 6 in 1998, Hue's current focus is on leveraging the enterprise capabilities of SQL Server 2005 to implement truly robust and resilient systems that retain excellent performance even in the most challenging of environments. Hue is currently consulting in one of those challenging environments with world-leading utilities supplier, Actaris. Many systems with daily loads of 100's millions of records and retained record volumes in the billions - a significant and enjoyable challenge!

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