http://www.sqlmag.com/authors/author/author/5777810/rss/5777810en-USFri, 25 May 2012 09:18:50 GMTFri, 25 May 2012 09:18:50 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/visual-studio/winning-the-battle-of-the-bugs
By Matt Nunn
Are you tired of playing bug ping-pong? Matt Nunn tells you how new tools within Visual Studio 2010 streamline the debugging process.]]>Matt NunnWed, 01 Dec 2010 13:33:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/visual-studio/winning-the-battle-of-the-bugshttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/software-testing/the-time-is-now-to-focus-on-software-quality
By Matt Nunn
No single silver bullet can drive up software quality success rates while keeping costs under control, but you can take steps in the right direction by using tools and processes that give you the best chance of avoiding failure. This is where Application Lifecycle Management tools come into the picture.]]>Matt NunnWed, 01 Dec 2010 10:31:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/software-testing/the-time-is-now-to-focus-on-software-qualityhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/development/better-support-for-application-developers-
By Matt Nunn
Team Data isn’t just for database developers. The tool’s version-control functionality can help application developers write more efficient and accurate database access code. ]]>Matt NunnMon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/development/better-support-for-application-developers-http://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server/data-you-can-rely-on
By Matt Nunn
This month Matt follows up his discussion on setting up baselines and creating a set of unit tests by explaining the steps for building a reliable set of data.]]>Matt NunnMon, 20 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server/data-you-can-rely-onhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server/put-your-database-to-the-test
By Matt Nunn
Last month’s column, "Explosive Source Control," focused on the first step in creating a baseline for your database in Team Data. This month, Matt explains the second half of the process and shows how you can set up database unit tests.]]>Matt NunnWed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server/put-your-database-to-the-testhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/visual-studio-20052/database-development-teams-the-great-divide
By Matt Nunn
Microsoft Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (Team Data) could help break down walls between database development teams, but teams won’t find common ground until they make an effort to understand each other. ]]>Matt NunnWed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/visual-studio-20052/database-development-teams-the-great-dividehttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/antivirus/the-power-to-control-change
By Matt Nunn
How do you control database schema changes? Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals integrates database pros into the application life cycle and facilitates managing database change in an offline, source- and version-controlled environment.]]>Matt NunnWed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/antivirus/the-power-to-control-changehttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2000/the-proof-is-in-the-productivity-
By Matt Nunn
SQL Server 2005 took the test and, with the help of a few key features, keeps its promise to be more productive than SQL Server 2000 and Oracle 10g R2.]]>Matt NunnTue, 23 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2000/the-proof-is-in-the-productivity-http://www.sqlmag.com/article/scalability/peer-to-peer-the-next-replication-generation
By Matt Nunn
Peer-to-peer transactional replication is the direct descendant of SQL Server 2000’s bi-directional transactional replication. But this newer version of the technology provides improved availability and scalability as well as simplified setup wizards.]]>Matt NunnWed, 22 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/scalability/peer-to-peer-the-next-replication-generationhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/common-language-runtime-clr/get-out-the-big-guns
By Matt Nunn
Some SQL Server 2005 features could change the way you think about database systems, but these features might take some work. Take a look at some of the changes you’ll see when you use the SQLCLR and Service Broker.]]>Matt NunnWed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/common-language-runtime-clr/get-out-the-big-gunshttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2005/just-a-spoonful-of-sugar-
By Matt Nunn
Many of SQL Server’s new features aren’t automatic, but require some effort on your part to work. Here are some that deliver great benefits with only the smallest effort.]]>Matt NunnTue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2005/just-a-spoonful-of-sugar-http://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/time-to-celebrate-
By Matt Nunn
The road to the release of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 has been long, but the tight integration between the two products means developers have never had it so good.]]>Matt NunnTue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/time-to-celebrate-http://www.sqlmag.com/article/migration/something-for-almost-nothing
By Matt Nunn
With SQL Server 2005, some of the coolest features are available immediately, with little or no effort from you!]]>Matt NunnFri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/migration/something-for-almost-nothinghttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/reporting2/putting-the-smart-into-smart-clients
By Matt Nunn
New BI tools in SQL Server 2005 let end users report and learn from data and give developers the ability to embed data mining in applications.]]>Matt NunnTue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/reporting2/putting-the-smart-into-smart-clientshttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/data-access/a-report-builder-for-everyone
By Matt Nunn
Report Builder is an end-user reporting tool that lets business users create Reporting Services reports without using Visual Studio. Learn how this tools works and how it can simplify your life.]]>Matt NunnTue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/data-access/a-report-builder-for-everyonehttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/beyond-sqlxml
By Matt Nunn
For Microsoft’s SQL Server development team, enabling Web services for SQL Server 2005 was important enough to warrant native support for the feature. Learn how you can use Web services support to improve interoperability and application connectivity.]]>Matt NunnWed, 22 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/beyond-sqlxmlhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/data-modeling/extending-xml-in-sql-server-2005
By Matt Nunn
XML has become the standard format for transporting data. SQL Server 2005 offers native XML support--along with a new XML data type--that offers flexible data storage and gives you new ways to think about application and database design.]]>Matt NunnWed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/data-modeling/extending-xml-in-sql-server-2005http://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/seeing-the-clr-s-potential
By Matt Nunn
The SQL Server CLR draws strong reactions from all camps. If you know how to use it judiciously, you’ll see great rewards.]]>Matt NunnTue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/tsql3/seeing-the-clr-s-potentialhttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2005/back-to-sql-server-s-future
By Matt Nunn
SQL Server Senior Product Manager Matt Nunn reviews database evolution to help us understand the revolutionary nature of the new SQL Server 2005 features that make the database server an integral component of application architecture.]]>Matt NunnTue, 22 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.sqlmag.com/article/sql-server-2005/back-to-sql-server-s-future