SQL Test 1.0 is now available

[Paul Stephenson]

SQL Test 1.0 - April 2012 (version 1.0.2.651)

SQL Test is Red Gate's new unit test add-in for SQL Server Management Studio.

SQL Test gets you writing and running unit tests in SQL Server Management Studio immediately, without a complex or time-consuming setup process.

With SQL Test you can discover defects much earlier in the development cycle and make continuous integration, agile development, and test-driven development achievable goals.

Easily write tests

• Code tests with T-SQL in SQL Server Management Studio
  
• Name and categorize your tests
  
• Write tests that matter to your environment

Run tests and get results

• Run tests with a single click
  
• Choose to run one or more tests at a time
  
• Get results and read messages on failed tests to find solutions

Edit tests

• Easily edit tests in SQL Server Management Studio
  
• Use SQL Prompt* to speed up coding

Share with your team

• Check your tests into source control
  
• Tests will be available to your whole team
  
• Use SQL Test with SQL Source Control* for easy sharing

* SQL Prompt and SQL Source Control are available as part of the SQL Developer Bundle

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SQL Test is powered by tSQLt, an open-source framework that provides the APIs to create and execute tests. It works beautifully with SQL Test, which simplifies the process and directly connects to SSMS.

Licensing

• SQL Test comes with a 28-day free trial period. After this time a license key will be required to continue using the product.
  
• SQL Test can be purchased on its own or as part of Red Gate's SQL Developer Bundle or SQL Toolbelt.
  
• Users of the SQL Developer Bundle or SQL Toolbelt with an active Support and Upgrades package can activate SQL Test with the existing bundle license key.
  

Upgrading from pre-release versions

• If you have been using pre-release versions of SQL Test, thank you for trying it out and for sending us your feedback.
  
• The full release contains a number of stability improvements, and supports SQL Server Management Studio 2005, 2008, 2008R2 and 2012.
  
• Please upgrade to the full version by selecting the Help > Check for Updates... menu item in the SQL Test window.
  
• Alternatively, you can download the full version directly.
  
• Any tests you have already set up will be accessible as normal after the upgrade.

Requirements

• SQL Test is primarily designed to work with SQL Server Management Studio 2005, 2008 and 2012.
  
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is required to use SQL Test. You can download the framework here.