Visual Studio Database Development Tools (Formerly "Database Edition Forum")
Discuss the database features of Visual Studio, including database and server projects for SQL Server, SQL CLR projects, Transact-SQL Debugging, and the Table Designer (in Server Explorer).
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Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools CTP4 bit available now!
Barclay HillMicrosoft EmployeeTuesday, November 22, 2011 6:29 AMMicrosoft SQL Server Data Tools ...
...provides an integrated environment for database developers to carry out all their database design work for any SQL Server platform (both on and off premise) within Visual Studio. Database developers can use the SQL Server Object Explorer in VS to easily create or edit database objects and data, or execute queries.
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ForumDevelopers will also appreciate the familiar VS tools we bring to database development, specifically; code navigation, IntelliSense, language support that parallels what is available for C# and VB, platform-specific validation, debugging and declarative editing in the TSQL Editor, as well as a visual Table Designer for both database projects and online database instances.
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How to ignore users in VS 11 Sql Server Database project publish
Mike Paterson Friday, May 18, 2012 7:25 PM - 3565

Visual Studio 11 Beta => broken MS Visual Database Tools
zenocon Wednesday, May 09, 2012 2:38 PM - 017

[VSDBCMD] SqlCeManager could not be initialized
Yann Lenormand 5 hours 56 minutes ago - 4689

Sample Visual Studio CLR project with defaults unable to deploy to SQL Server 2012
Kevin McCarty Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:51 PM - 488

Visual studio 2010 Integration Services Project can't deploy to SSISDB
Peter Skoglund Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:02 AM - 185

Newbie Trying to use TFS for Database object Source Control
BückerGirl Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:58 PM - 175

How to modify a build definition to output SQL scripts based on check in date
kisvacak Tuesday, May 22, 2012 8:24 PM - 5337

DB deployment using Wix throw exception
RajeshKrish Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:09 AM - 7881

Setting the ConnectionString of the SQLServerConnect object to a SQLServerCe database that is included in the Project
Ralph65 Sunday, April 08, 2012 10:54 PM - 2297

SQL Schema Compare - Configure to ALTER not DROP/CREATE
Nathon Dalton Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:29 PM - 5326

Could not load file or assembly System.Data.SqlServerCe Version 3.5.1
salescrusade Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:38 PM - 5326

VSDBCMD support for SQL2012 please
ajhuddymsdn Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:20 PM - 3032095

HOW TO: FIX ERROR - "the 'microsoft.ace.oledb.12.0' provider is not registered on the local machine"
MaxJordan91 Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:51 PM - 93082

Unit test for User defined functions in DatabaseUnit Test
anand_ind_si Tuesday, October 04, 2011 11:27 AM - 127216

.dbmdl could not be created
hemilv Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:32 PM - 22271

.dbmdl locked
JontyMC Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:36 PM - 32077

Why does the schema compare think that my users/logins have changed?
Daniel Pratt Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:15 PM - 184342

Visual Studio Database Tools Error
Justin Fortmann Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:22 PM - 3641

Howto resolve SQL04116: A method with a matching signature was not found in the loaded assembly
Konstantin Knyazev Friday, April 27, 2012 11:16 AM - 3370

Cross Database & Server Errors in Schema Compare (VS 11 Beta)
Kevin Howell Monday, May 14, 2012 3:06 PM