Not compatible with VS 2012 RC?

Question

Today I upgraded my VS 11 Beta install to VS 2012 RC, which resulted in a lot of error messages at startup about "SqlStudio Profile Package", "SqlStudio Editor Package", "Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools" (and some other non-SSDT issues) at startup for both VS 2012 and VS 2012 which also prevents me from opening SSDT projects at all.

Just wanted to warn the rest of you.

Has anayone managed to get it to work so far?

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/Daniel Svensson

Answer 1

Hi Daniel,

I'm sorry to hear that you're running into this issue-- it's certainly not expected.  Can you pass on the specific error messages that you are seeing?  Also, what's your environment and VS SKU?  Can you create new SSDT projects or is it only projects from beta that are affected?

Thanks,

Janet

Answer 2

Hi Daniel -

My guess is you have some older, incompatible bits on your machine from the beta.  A couple of other things to try:

1. Install VS 2012 on a clean machine (unfortuante, but may be ultimately preferable to the alternative of trying to get the offending bits removed)
2. Uninstall all older VS and SQL Server 2012 packages from add/remove programs, then re-install VS 2012
3. Send us a log file by doing the following

•    start VS from the command line using the following command "devenv /log"
• post the file %appdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ActivityLog.xml

Thanks,

Mike Kaufman

Microsoft Corp

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Answer 3

I had the same problem.

I noticed in the Uninstall Control Panel that there were now two versions of SSDT installed (10.3 and 11.1). So I uninstalled both versions fully. Then ran the VS2012 RC Install and chose Repair. After it completed (with a couple of reboots) all seems ok with VS2012. However now my VS2010 installation does not like Database Schema Projects. Argh.

I fear trying to reinstall SSDT will corrupt things again. Any advice?

Answer 4

I am experiencing the same issue as Daniel_Svensson with the SqlStudio Profile Package.  In addition, I am experiencing a similar problem with the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Tools.PowerTool.SchemaView.SchemaViewPowerToolPackage package.

I was unable to open an existing SQL Server DB project in VS 2010, or create a new DB project in VS 2012.  Then I repaired the original SSDT install (v10.3.20225.0, installed on 3/14/2012), using Control Panel > Programs and Features, and everything appears to be ok.  At least I can open an existing project in 2010 and create a new project in 2012.

I've included a couple of screen shots of the errors & a link to my Public SkyDrive folder, which contains activity logs for VS 2010 & 2012 (before the repair).  Hopefully the log will help someone identify the source of the problem.

Answer 5

st_reed,

Did repairing your SSDT installation fix all the issues you're experiencing?  I'm unclear on if you're still seeing these error messages.  Thanks for the info!

-Janet Yeilding

Answer 6

Janet,

As far as I can tell everything is working fine now (I haven't had time to test everything).  I can open & create DB projects in both 2010 & 2012, something I could not do before the repair.  

I started to write the post detailing my problems, and while doing so decided to run the repair process, which solved my issues.  However, since I had already captured the logs, I continued with the post in case the logs would be useful with trying to isolate the cause of the problem.

Thanks,

Shane

Answer 7

Got it, thanks for clarifying.  Glad that things are working for you!

-Janet Yeilding

Answer 8

To take this a bit further, it also causes VS 2010 to throw the same set of errors if you're performing a side-by-side installation.  I had the VS 2012 Beta installed on the machine and performed an inplace upgrade to the VS 2012 RC.  Thankfully a websearch managed to find this thread (and only this thread), so it does appear there is something going on when the SQL Server Data Tools are installed.

After running a Repair on the SSDT:

• Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate loads as expected (no errors) and a large solution that has data projects in it appears to be working just fine
• Visual Studio 2012 RC loads as expected (no errors)

Hope it helps a bit.

Scott

Answer 9

@ScottWilkos

Which version of SSDT did you perform a reinstall for?

I have uninstall and then installed the RMT (VS 2010) version (10.3.20225) without any improvement.
My activity.xml files for both VS 2010 and 2012 RC can be found on my public skydrive (http://sdrv.ms/M3d01r) togheter with the ouput of psr.exe when opening VS 2012.

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/Daniel Svensson

Answer 10

I repaired the RTW (VS 2010) version (10.3.20225).  There are 3 components for each version, I only repaired the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools entry (the 1st item in the screen shot below). 

Hope this helps

Answer 11

I repaired the RTW (VS 2010) version (10.3.20225).  There are 3 components for each version, I only repaired the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools entry

Uninstalling and installing it again did not work, but repairing did :)

Note you have to right click "Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools" and choose "change/modify" (or what it is called) since there is no repair option for that item (I previously tried to repair the other two components, but with no improvements).

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/Daniel Svensson

Answer 12

Thanks for making our team aware of this issue and helping our investigation.  I've added a blog post outlining the problem and workaround here:  http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2012/06/07/upgrade-issue-to-visual-studio-2012-rc.aspx

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention!

-Janet Yeilding

Answer 13

Janet,

I've installed Visual Studio 2012 RC Express edition and SQL Server Data Tools. I've tried the various repairs suggested here and tried the repair suggested in your blog, but nothing I do makes it possible to create a new sqlproj or open an existing one.

David Mann

Answer 14

Hi David,

SSDT is only compatible in existing installations of VS for Pro+ SKUs, so it won't show up in your express installation.  The workaround at this time is to install SSDT for the VS2010 integrated shell.  We have plans to release a version of SSDT for the 2012 integrated shell, as well.

Janet Yeilding