CI/CD for Database Projects — Complete Guide

CI/CD for Database Projects — Complete Guide: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of ADO.NET Core Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.

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ADO.NET Core Tutorial · Lesson 84 of 100

CI/CD for Database Projects

Foundations ✓ → SQL & safety ✓ → Production ✓ → Projects

Projects · 4 — Portfolio builds · ~10 min · Module 9: Cloud and DevOps

What is this?

CI applies schema/migrations then runs ADO.NET integration tests before promoting the API.

Why should you care?

ShopNest PRs must not ship broken procs.

See it live — copy this example

Use a .NET console or API project with SQL Server LocalDB. Run dotnet run after pasting.

# pipeline
# 1 start SQL container
# 2 sqlpackage / migrate
# 3 dotnet test --filter Integration
# 4 deploy API

What happened?

Ephemeral SQL in CI.
Migrate then test.
Block deploy on failure.

Practice next

Add SQL service to pipeline.
Apply migrations.
Run integration tests.
Publish dacpac artifact.
Smoke probe after deploy.

Remember

Migrate in CI. Test against real SQL. Gate releases.

ShopNest DB pipeline

CI migrates + tests SqlClient repos.

Outcome: Broken usp_ never reaches prod.

Interview prep for this lesson

Practice these questions aloud after reading—each links to a full structured answer.

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SqlCommand: Used for SQL Server databases. It represents a Transact-SQL?

Short answer: command or stored procedure. Example: SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers", connection); Example code command or stored procedure. Example: SqlCommand command = new SqlCom…

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OleDbCommand: Used for databases that support OLE DB providers (e.g., MS?

Short answer: Access, Oracle). Example: OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers", connection); Example code Access, Oracle). Example: OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand("SELEC…

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Use a DataAdapter to update the database. Set the InsertCommand,?

Short answer: UpdateCommand, and DeleteCommand properties of the DataAdapter to define how data changes should be applied to the database. Real-world example (ShopNest) Always pass order ids with parameters: cmd.Paramete…

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OdbcCommand: Used for databases that support ODBC (Open Database?

Short answer: Connectivity) drivers. Example: OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand("SELECT * FROM Customers", connection); Example code Connectivity) drivers. Example: OdbcCommand command = new OdbcCommand(&qu…

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Use the DataAdapter's Update() method to push the changes back to the database. Example: SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM Customers", connection); SqlCommandBuilder commandBuilder = new SqlCommandBuilder(adapter); // Automatically generates insert, update, delete commands DataSet dataset = new DataSet();

Short answer: dapter.Fill(dataset, "Customers"); // Modify data in the DataSet dataset.Tables["Customers"].Rows[0]["CustomerName"] = "New Name"; // Update the database with the mod…

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