#VISUAL STUDIO SERVER EXPLORER HOW TO#
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Update (21-1-2014): Added update 1 for Visual Studio 2013

#VISUAL STUDIO SERVER EXPLORER WINDOWS 8#

Update (6-1-2014): Added update for VS2010 for Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 Update (25-11-2013): Added information on client cache and feature docs. Update (13-11-2013): Updated download links to the final version of Visual Studio 2012 Update 4. So, managing our database now becomes easier using SQL Server Database Project.Update: Updated download links to the final version of Team Explorer 2013. We don't need to write any migration script like we used to do for DB migration.ДЄnd after this, whenever there are changes in the tables or the procedures just make the changes to the scripts in solution and publish it to the database вЂ“ VS will create the alter script accordingly.

We can check our Database using SQL Server Management Studio.ДЄll the tables, procedures, views, etc were populated as is.

Changes are published successfully to the local database.

We can check the script and after that press Execute

If we Press Generate Script, we can see compared script in visual studioвЂ™s new tab.

After that, we can Generate Script or directly publish changes to the database.

We can save a profile using Save Profile As button - so that we donвЂ™t have to re-enter connection related settings next time.

Press Test Connection just to ensure the given information is correct.

Enter server name, authentication and then select database from the drop-down.

Now, select the server and database where we have to publish scripts - Edit button.

To publish scripts to the database, select Publish.

LetвЂ™s create a replica of the azure database which we imported to the solution on the local server вЂ“ Right click on properties and select Target.

All the scripts are imported to the solution вЂ“ now we can add or alter scripts from here.

Successfully imported all the scripts for logins, schemas, tables, procedures etc > Select Finish.

Now, we can see server name, database name in Source database connection > Start.

Enter credentials and database name > connect.

We then select Database > Select connection.

dacpac or Database/Script to import scripts from the existing database.

Right Click on DemoDatabase Project and then Import >.

After the project is created, we can see database project in Solution Explorer.

Now, Enter the Name of the project and then press OK.

Select SQL Server > SQL Server Database Project.

Open VS and create a new project from the Menu, Select File > New > Project.

SQL server вЂ“ to import database script and to publish new or altered scripts. VS2015 or VS2017 should be installed in your machine. Using theВ Project PropertiesВ panel, we can change the target platform to different versions of SQL Server (including SQL Azure).

The changes can also be saved as a script to be published later.

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We can then invoke the same visual designer tools (Transact-SQL Editor, Table Designer) available for connected database development to make changes to the offline database project, and publish the changes back to the production database. sql script file or a Data-tier application (.dacpac). We can create a new database project and import database schema from an existing database, a.

#VISUAL STUDIO SERVER EXPLORER HOW TO#

So, in this article weвЂ™re going to learn about how to we can manage our database scripts using Visual StudioвЂ™s SQL Server Database Project. There are many good tools available in the market for comparing databases but most of them are paid.

When we work on any project, a database plays an important role and after time when the number of tables, views and procedures increases - it becomes too difficult to manage the scripts.ДЄnd even after that when we manage the scripts, then we still need to compare which script we had worked on and which are remaining on any particular database.

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