#Visual studio data generator generator#

In this function (called Generate) I built the output based on LoremВ Ipsum and set my Output property.

#Visual studio data generator generator#

Since I wanted to Unit test my generator I have just one line in this method, which class a public void method (which my testing command line project can call). Then all we need to do is override the OnGenerateNextValues() method. Private boolВ _startwithLoremIpsum = true Also note the default settings at the bottom. I have created three: one for the number of words to generate, one to indicateВ if the data needs to start with вЂLoremВ IpsumвЂ¦вЂ™ every time and one to specify if just random words can be selected or if we are more interested in sentences. private string _output ДЄlso, if you need to specify some parametersВ to your data generator we need to create some inputВ properties. This will be used to wire up the output of your generator to Visual Studio Data Generation Plans. Public class LoremIpsumGenerator: Generator Now we need to inherit the Generator class by changing our class definition to: public class LoremIpsumGenerator: GeneratorДЄlso add the DatabaseSchemaProviderCompatibilityAttribute to your class declaration as so: Open your class (I renamed my class and class file to LoremIpsumGenerator) and add the following using statements: using .DataGenerator Click the вЂ.NETвЂ™ tab and select the following components:, and. In the solution explorer, right-click the project and click вЂAdd ReferenceвЂ™. Start with creating a new class library project. I will build custom data generators for email addresses and one that generators LoremВ Ipsum text. However, one can easily create custom data generators, which is exactly what we will do. Visual Studio can generate data for many datatypesВ in SQL Server, but for example generating a phone number, SSN or email address is not possible. However, turns out that the data generators included in Visual Studio are somewhat limited. And of course you will need a database, I used SQL Express in this example. All you need is an edition of Visual Studio 2010 that includes the database projects (I think you will need Ultimate, but am not sure). With Visual Studio 2010 you can do this very easily. With random data I do not mean mere gibberish, but actualВ data such as an email address, phone number, SSN, numeric value, dates, datetimes, etc.

In many development projects the need arises to fill a database with some random data.