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Some random stuff around SQL Server
Previously I wrote about the importance of testing the SSIS packages and introduced you to ssisUnit. In this post, I will show you how to write simple tests for the variables and parameters using Test Suite Builder. As I wrote before: just start slow and small, don’t write your first tests for the most complicated part of the package. Create a new SSIS project and use the automatically generated Package.dtsx. Open it and add two parameters:
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During the upcoming SQLDay 2018 conference (10th edition of SQLDay!) I’ll be speaking about testing SSIS packages and projects. From my observations, I see that we don’t like testing (I’m talking about database and ETL people), but when we start doing it – it becomes a natural part of our work. In my current project, we started slow, with some data quality testing for some parts of the process. Today you can hear “let’s write a test for it”, and it’s just a regular part of the process. I want to take a testing experience a bit further. We already have data quality testing (and the number of tests grows
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