So, Brian Randall from MCW Technologies who is regarded as one of the most knowledgable DB Pro experts was reviewing the chapters I had added for the Database Professionals release of my book and discovered a mistake on my part! I noted that the “sandbox” database is the database in the local version of SQL Server with GUID after it. This is actually the design-time validation database (I knew this
we just missed it during the review. Anyway, please note the correct terminology and don’t get confused!
Jeff
About Jeff Levinson
Jeff Levinson is the Application Lifecycle Management Practice Lead for Northwest Cadence. He has a Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and holds the following credentials: MCP, MCAD, MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS, MCT, SCJP, Security+, CTT+ and is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM). He is the author of three books dealing with software development: Building Client/Server Applications with VB.NET, Pro Visual Studio 2005 Team System, Pro Visual Studio Team System with Database Professionals. He has written several articles for Visual Studio Magazine, writes a twice-monthly column for VSM Online and is a regular speaker at industry events (VS Live! & Tech Ed). Jeff is formerly a Solution Design & Integration Architect for The Boeing Company and is a Microsoft Team System MVP.