Data manipulation language
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Sep 8, 2026
080 — A DevOps engineer on DevOps engineering
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18:36Alex LauderbackGUEST
It doesn't mean you can't do it.
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18:38Alex LauderbackGUEST
You can still implement these unit tests to test every single DML operation that a Flow would test.
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18:43Alex LauderbackGUEST
If we're testing these DML operations in Apex, why are we not testing them in Flows? Then you layer on top of
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18:49Jack McCurdyHOST
that.
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18:50Jack McCurdyHOST
I feel like you're speaking to so many people, though, because people have been asking for robust flow testing for so long.
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20:44Jack McCurdyHOST
Is there any other types of tests that you find are important now more so than ever? Aside from making sure and understanding that your flows and apexes are still working as they should, even pre-production or in production.
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20:58Jack McCurdyHOST
Any other testing that's important you've found over the last year or so?
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21:04Alex LauderbackGUEST
So we covered the Apex test solution, but that only tests your DML operations for the most part.
SE Radio 736: Sahil Walia on Apache Iceberg
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22:58Sahil WaliaGUEST
And assume you have a lot more events and you're doing something.
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23:02Sahil WaliaGUEST
Let's say you're doing a machine learning model or you're doing some DML and your code has changed now.
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23:07Sahil WaliaGUEST
and your data looks a little different.
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23:09Sahil WaliaGUEST
Or you'll be like, oh my God, I messed it up.
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27:36Sahil WaliaGUEST
So if you want, I can go deep into it.
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27:38Sahil WaliaGUEST
And basically it defines how the reads should be done or how the writes should be done.
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27:44Sahil WaliaGUEST
And just a little bit of primer, copy on writes essentially means, let's say if you're doing any some DML operation, right? It will rewrite the new file.
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27:53Sahil WaliaGUEST
So assume you have thousands of Parquet files in one Parquet file, which is 100 MB or 100 GB, you have 1 million records, right? but you only want to change one record, what it will do is it will rewrite the whole new file, right? It's great in terms of read because it'll be faster and referencing to the new file.
Al & Jerry: Let’s analyze Al’s bloodwork -- plus, warmup
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23:04Al DukesHOST
Yeah, I don't know, but I'd love to know.
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23:06Al DukesHOST
DML.
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23:08Al DukesHOST
Open your...
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23:08Al DukesHOST
What are we asking for? Sleep
Admin Rights for Everyone
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2:31Steve JonesHOST
SQL history and SQL prompt saves me often, right? I can't remember what code I ran, but it doesn't capture results.
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2:37Steve JonesHOST
And if I'm running scripts, whether it's DDL or DML, or I'm clicking in SSMS, I would like a record.
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2:45Steve JonesHOST
I do try to not click things in SSMS in production and instead use the script button to copy-save those scripts and then run them.
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2:53Steve JonesHOST
It's a better habit, but in a crisis, I know I might forget, as would others.