Ian Blackburn

November 2004 Entries

TDD with Asp.net article in aspnet pro magazine

My article on Test Driven Development in asp.net is now available in www.aspnetpro.com magazine.

You can see it online here: http://www.aspnetpro.com/features/2004/12/asp200412ib_f/asp200412ib_f.asp (requires subscription), or if you subscribe to the paper mag it is the the cover story of the December 2004 issue.

MissingMappingAction - The first .net novel?

Devlin looked in despair at the dark alleyway he had found himself in since loosing his map of the city. He was distraught. Then all of a sudden she appeared and he new that despite his bad luck he was in for some "action"

Campaign for Pubs Sample Database in SQL Server 2005

OK, so Northwind and Pubs are not shipping with SQLServer 2005 - instead we get AdventureWorks - time to rewrite all the database exercises in our courses!

But hang on - there is an opportunity here!  Pubs was always a badly named database - raising false hopes that sql server would come with a complete list of public houses in the UK and instead finding something to do with strangely named authors and books.

So here's the thing - the world needs a real Pubs database for sql server 2005 - and I am volunteering to put it together.  I think I'll need about a year to tour the country for my research, and for that I will need funding.  So if you want to assist in producing a world class database of uk public houses, send me money now.  And remember, it's for the children (ok, ok, that last bit is a lie)