On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:30:10 EDT, Ed Finnell wrote: > >In a message dated 10/4/2007 6:41:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >production data is typically not adequate. The design of proper test data >is >difficult. Simply taking production data does not gaurantee that all code >paths >will be exercised. > >>> >There used to be a company in PA. that had some great software to do this, >but they may have been assimilated? It would fill fields with patterns or >garbage and randomize SSNs norm. I heard about them thru Dusquene...
When I worked at the university, they were getting ready to add a new college and thought they could test the code supporting the new college code with a copy of their production data. Duh. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
