Category Archives: Testing

Sorting behavior

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Richard

One of the best parts of my job is explaining database concepts to non-database folks: developers, managers, CEOs, my wife, etc. One lesson I’ve had to explain numerous times is that SQL Server doesn’t guarantee that data will come back … Continue reading →

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Generating Random Data for Testing

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Richard

Recently I was faced with the need to generate lots of data for a presentation. There is a temptation in situations like this to grab some data from a production system and obfuscate it somehow. My advice to you is … Continue reading →

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