I just received an e-mail from an outside organization regarding the last round of integration testing. The impression that the e-mail gives is that I am expecting too much when I expect the data to pass validation. Because, the author states, it is only test data and test data never passes validation. In addition, validating the data is unnecessary because users will be trained to enter valid data and once that training occurs all data will be valid and that validation is a waste of both time and resources.
I am reminded of a sign that I once saw in a bar in Alabama; “Trust in the Lord, all others pay cash.”
