HOUR 20. Debugging the Stored Procedures That You Write

A good programmer is not necessarily one who can get things right the first time. To be fully effective as a .NET programmer, you need to master the art of debugging—the process of troubleshooting your application. Debugging involves locating and identifying problem areas within your code and is a mandatory step in the application-development process. Fortunately, the Visual Studio 2005 programming environment provides excellent tools to help you with the debugging process. Using the Visual Studio 2005 debugging tools, you can step through your code, setting watches and breakpoints as needed. In this hour you’ll learn:

How to harness the power of the Immediate window

How to invoke ...

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