I've used lots of methods to transform data between databases and object code. From hand-coded SQL to JDO to EJB. I've never found a method I liked particularly well. This distaste has become ...

In the properties form for any of your database entries, you provide the username and password for the database user, the host name, port and SID or service name for the database. As with UDL files, ...

Within IT, testing has matured as an industry. Many tools exist, and many IT shops have testing groups. But, often those testing groups are unable to assist on data-related projects. The heart of the ...

How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks The InMemory database provider is an exciting feature in newer ...

Most enterprise applications rely on the database as the persistence mechanism. Integration tests for these applications require data in the database to run correctly. For integration tests to be ...

You are creating a database from scratch for an application This application will have multiple siloed environments (PROD, TST, INT, DEV) Data from PROD will nightly be moved to the other environments ...

Learn how to write and validate unit tests with JUnit 5. This article shows you how to configure a Maven project for JUnit, write basic and parameterized unit tests, and use JUnit 5’s built-in ...