Visual Studio 2005 Database Professional Edition

Visual Studio Team SystemVisual Studio Team Systemfor Database Professionalsfor Database Professionals

David Truxall, Ph.D.David Truxall, Ph.D.

Principal ConsultantPrincipal Consultant

NuSoft SolutionsNuSoft Solutions

AgendaAgenda

VSTS for Database ProfessionalsVSTS for Database Professionals

OverviewOverview Schema ManagementSchema Management Unit TestingUnit Testing

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SoftwareSoftwareArchitectsArchitects

SoftwareSoftwareDevelopersDevelopers

SoftwareSoftwareTestersTesters

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ExplorerApplication Application ModelingModeling

Infrastructure Infrastructure and Deployment and Deployment

ModelingModeling

Code AnalysisCode Analysis

Performance Performance TuningTuning

Security AnalysisSecurity Analysis

DatabaseDatabase Deployment Deployment

DatabaseDatabaseChange Mgmt.Change Mgmt.

DatabaseDatabase Testing Testing

Performance Performance TestingTesting

Manual TestingManual Testing

Test Case Test Case ManagementManagement

Visual Studio Professional Visual Studio Professional EditionEdition

Change ManagementChange Management

Work Item TrackingWork Item Tracking

ReportingReporting

Project SiteProject Site

Build ServicesBuild Services

Project ManagementProject Management

Load Test AgentLoad Test Agent

Class Class ModelingModeling

Unit TestingUnit Testing

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Visual Studio Team SystemVisual Studio Team SystemTeam Edition for Database ProfessionalsTeam Edition for Database Professionals Take control of database changeTake control of database change

Offline, change management of the database Offline, change management of the database schemaschema

Data and Schema Compare toolsData and Schema Compare tools Automated refactoring of database objectsAutomated refactoring of database objects

Automate database testing to improve qualityAutomate database testing to improve quality Unit testing for database queriesUnit testing for database queries Automatic generation of meaningful test dataAutomatic generation of meaningful test data

Bring data professionals into the lifecycleBring data professionals into the lifecycle Provide full Visual Studio Team System supportProvide full Visual Studio Team System support Support Work Item tracking for database changesSupport Work Item tracking for database changes

Schema ManagementSchema Management

Source ControlSource Control Build and DeploymentBuild and Deployment RefactoringRefactoring Database ComparisonDatabase Comparison

Schema ManagementSchema Management Difficult to Manage Difficult to Manage

Change to the schemaChange to the schema Production Database Production Database

is one version of the is one version of the truth truth forfor Data and Data and SchemaSchema

DBA doesn’t have DBA doesn’t have access to changes access to changes until he/she has until he/she has deploy or reject choicedeploy or reject choice

Changes often made Changes often made to production to production database and not database and not rolled back into testrolled back into test

ProductiProduction on

DatabaseDatabase

ProductiProduction on

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ManagemeManagement Studiont Studio

TuningTuningMonitoringMonitoring

““One Version of One Version of the Truth”the Truth” for for Data and Data and SchemaSchema

SchemaSchemaSchema ChangesSchema Changes

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TuningTuningMonitoringMonitoring

““One Version of One Version of the Truth”the Truth” for for DataData

““One Version of the One Version of the Truth”Truth” for for Schema Schema •Offline Offline •Under Source Under Source ControlControl

SchemaSchema

Schema ChangesSchema Changes

Changes can be Changes can be rolled out in a rolled out in a scheduled, managed scheduled, managed wayway

Scripts allow Scripts allow administrators to administrators to mange change mange change updatesupdates

Schema Change now managed in Schema Change now managed in VSTS and TFSVSTS and TFS

Production Production DatabaseDatabase is now is now “One version of the truth” only for “One version of the truth” only for DataData

DBA doesn’t have access to DBA doesn’t have access to changes until he/she has deploy changes until he/she has deploy or reject choiceor reject choice

““One Version of the truth for One Version of the truth for Schema” is Under Source ControlSchema” is Under Source Control

Control the SchemaControl the Schema Project-BasedProject-Based

High Granularity - “Object Level”High Granularity - “Object Level” Each DB object is a fileEach DB object is a file T-SQL, DDLT-SQL, DDL

OfflineOffline Production server is no longer the “truth”Production server is no longer the “truth”

Under Version Control Under Version Control TFSTFS Supports continuous integrationSupports continuous integration

Build and DeploymentBuild and Deployment Project under Source Control is the Project under Source Control is the

“truth”, not the production database“truth”, not the production database Build a Deployment ScriptBuild a Deployment Script

VSTSVSTS SQL Management StudioSQL Management Studio <gasp!> Command line<gasp!> Command line

Data Loss PreventionData Loss Prevention Automatic BackupsAutomatic Backups DBPro must be installed on the build DBPro must be installed on the build

serverserver

RefactoringRefactoring Rename any schema objectRename any schema object Updates all references in…Updates all references in…

Schema ObjectsSchema Objects Data Generation PlansData Generation Plans ScriptsScripts DB Unit TestsDB Unit Tests

Preview ChangesPreview Changes Global UndoGlobal Undo

Database ComparisonDatabase Comparison

SchemaSchema DataData Visual ComparisonVisual Comparison Generate Change ScriptsGenerate Change Scripts

Visual Display ofSchema Differences

Visual Display ofSchema Differences

Automatically Produce Script to Deploy

Automatically Produce Script to Deploy

Compare Schemas AcrossProjects and Databases

Compare Schemas AcrossProjects and Databases

DemoDemo Import SchemaImport Schema RefactorRefactor Schema CompareSchema Compare

Unit TestingUnit Testing

Generate Test DataGenerate Test Data Unit TestsUnit Tests

Data Generation Plans Data Generation Plans allow you to create allow you to create

meaningful/repeatable meaningful/repeatable test datatest data

Generate Test DataGenerate Test Data

TypesTypes ConstraintsConstraints

Min/MaxMin/Max

DistributionDistribution Uniform, Normal, Inverse Normal, Uniform, Normal, Inverse Normal,

Exponential, Inverse ExponentialExponential, Inverse Exponential

Number of RowsNumber of Rows

Data GeneratorsData Generators SimpleSimple

StringsStrings NumbersNumbers Date and TimeDate and Time

ComplexComplex Foreign keyForeign key Regular ExpressionRegular Expression Data Bound (database lookup)Data Bound (database lookup)

CustomCustom

Unit TestsUnit Tests

Generate test stubsGenerate test stubs Stored Procedures, Triggers, FunctionsStored Procedures, Triggers, Functions

Validation/AssertionsValidation/Assertions T-SQL BasedT-SQL Based

RAISEERROR commandRAISEERROR command

Client-Side AssertionsClient-Side Assertions Non-Empty, Empty, Row Count, Execution TimeNon-Empty, Empty, Row Count, Execution Time

Pre and Post test scriptsPre and Post test scripts

Unit TestsUnit Tests

Automatic Deployment IntegrationAutomatic Deployment Integration Deploys Database projectDeploys Database project Automatically generate test data based on Automatically generate test data based on

data generation plandata generation plan

CustomizableCustomizable Built on VSTS TestBuilt on VSTS Test C# or VB.Net codeC# or VB.Net code

Unit Test Database Code(Sprocs, Views, Triggers, etc.)

Unit Test Database Code(Sprocs, Views, Triggers, etc.)

Specify Result Conditions

Specify Result Conditions

DemoDemo

Generate DataGenerate Data Unit TestingUnit Testing

Latest DownloadsLatest Downloads Service Release 1Service Release 1

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936612/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936612/

Cross-Database ReferencesCross-Database References Set variables in deployment scriptsSet variables in deployment scripts Support for SQL Server sp2Support for SQL Server sp2

PowerToolsPowerToolshttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88852http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88852

More Refactoring optionsMore Refactoring options More Data GeneratorsMore Data Generators MSBuild TasksMSBuild Tasks

What about VS 2008?What about VS 2008?

For DBPro, it is essentially DBPro with For DBPro, it is essentially DBPro with the Service Release 1 codethe Service Release 1 code

Other VSTS features, like code Other VSTS features, like code coverage come into playcoverage come into play

Built into the InstallerBuilt into the Installer Some bug fixesSome bug fixes

ResourcesResources

Team SiteTeam Site http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718764.aspxhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718764.aspx

Product ForumProduct Forumhttp://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=725&siteid=1forumid=725&siteid=1

BlogsBlogs http://blogs.msdn.com/cameronshttp://blogs.msdn.com/camerons http://blogs.msdn.com/sachinre http://blogs.msdn.com/sachinre

AgendaAgenda

VSTS for Database ProfessionalsVSTS for Database Professionals

OverviewOverview Schema ManagementSchema Management Unit TestingUnit Testing

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