DatabaseTestService.GenerateData Method (String, Boolean, String, String)

Generates data to the specified database using the referenced data generation plan.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.UnitTesting
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.UnitTesting (in microsoft.visualstudio.teamsystem.data.unittesting.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Shared Sub GenerateData ( _
    dgenFileName As String, _
    clearDatabase As Boolean, _
    providerInvariantName As String, _
    connectionString As String _
)
'Usage
Dim dgenFileName As String
Dim clearDatabase As Boolean
Dim providerInvariantName As String
Dim connectionString As String

DatabaseTestService.GenerateData(dgenFileName, clearDatabase, providerInvariantName, connectionString)

protected static void GenerateData (
    string dgenFileName,
    bool clearDatabase,
    string providerInvariantName,
    string connectionString
)

protected:
static void GenerateData (
    String^ dgenFileName, 
    bool clearDatabase, 
    String^ providerInvariantName, 
    String^ connectionString
)

protected static void GenerateData (
    String dgenFileName, 
    boolean clearDatabase, 
    String providerInvariantName, 
    String connectionString
)

protected static function GenerateData (
    dgenFileName : String, 
    clearDatabase : boolean, 
    providerInvariantName : String, 
    connectionString : String
)

Parameters

• dgenFileName
  The data generator file used to populate the database.

• clearDatabase
  If TRUE, the database is cleared before applying new data.

• providerInvariantName
  The database client provider that will be used to connect to the database. This must be System.Data.SqlClient.

• connectionString
  The connection string for the target database. This must be a connection string to a SQL database.

Remarks

This method generates data in the database project if the necessary information has been added to the app.config file using the classes provided in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.UnitTesting.Configuration namespace.

A privileged connection context is used to generate the data.

See Also

Reference

DatabaseTestService Class
DatabaseTestService Members
Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.UnitTesting Namespace