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Robert Sheldon
Robert Sheldon

<p>After being <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/6/1523531/-After-the-Fall-Taking-Flight-from-a-Pile-of-Broken-Bones">dropped 35 feet from a helicopter and spending the next year recovering</a>, Robert Sheldon left the Colorado Rockies and emergency rescue work to pursue safer and less painful interests—thus his entry into the world of technology. He is now a technical consultant and the author of numerous books, articles, and training material related to Microsoft Windows, various relational database management systems, and business intelligence design and implementation. He has also written news stories, feature articles, restaurant reviews, legal summaries, and the novels <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Last-Stand-R-H-Sheldon/dp/0991074114">'Last Stand'</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-River-Lightly-R-Sheldon/dp/0991074106">'Dancing the River Lightly'</a>. You can find more information at <a href="http://www.rhsheldon.com">http://www.rhsheldon.com</a>.

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

16 July 2021

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

16 July 2021

Testing SQL Server Databases Using SQL Test

During database development, as well as writing SQL, you must also write the tests that prove your SQL code meets all the requirements. The article will help you get started with database testing for your SQL Server databases, by creating and running unit tests against them, as well as static… Read more
Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

30 June 2020

Robert Sheldon

Robert Sheldon

30 June 2020

Using SQL Data Compare to Sync Reference Data

Let's say your QA team maintain two similar test databases. They run tests to verify that different versions of the same application still produce the same, correct results. Therefore, any differences in the test data, between the two databases, needs to be corrected before the tests start. This is the… Read more