Can you tell me how I can generate an ER diagram for my database1 (see below) created with VS 2015
Thanks in advance
Ensure you installed either Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools or Microsoft Web Developer Tools in order to get the Entity Data Model Designer.
These are the steps to generate entity relationship diagram. It was tested in VS2012
Open Visual Studio
Create a project or open an existing project
(must be Visual Basic, Visual C# project, or Console Application)
Right-click the project and choose Add -> New Item…
Under Visual C# Items select “Data”
Select the template “ADO.NET Entity Data Model”
Give it a name and click “Add”
Select “Generate from database” or “Empty model”
If “Generate from database” selected enter connection
info, choose the database objects and done!
The model is stored as a “.edmx” file.
With Visual Studio you can create a static diagram (class diagram) but not entity relationship diagrams (for you DB).
You will have to use another tool for this. For SQL server you can use SQL server Management Studio.
DB Objects in the editor will be related as in Diagram so Just relate objects in the Db and drag to editor.
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I am working on a SSAS tabular model in Visual Studio which I have imported from our SSAS server.
I have noticed that at the top I can select process - process full, table etc..
Just wondering, do these only process the model stored in my visual studio? And not the model that is live on the server? I can't find anything online that specifies this..
Yes, it only processes the one shown in Visual Studio (called workspace version):
Model menu can be used to... ...process workspace data...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/tabular-models/tabular-model-designer-ssas?view=asallproducts-allversions#menu-items
In Visual Studio 2017, I can not make relations between tables using database diagram.
How to open database diagram in Visual Studio 2017?
Database diagrams in xsd format can be opened in Visual Studio.
I Created and worked with Database Diagram xsd format using Visual Studio 2019 (can do same in VS 2017) in the following manner: -
Open Visual Studio and create a new C# console application (you can also use VB)
Go to “Solution Explorer” and right click on the Project and choose Add > New Item from sub-menu
from the pop up window, choose Visual C# project type as "Data" and select Dataset
Select main menu View > SQL Server Object Explorer to connect and view the desired SQL database objects.
Connect using credentials to view database objects like Views, tables etc.
To draw the database diagram, drag the required tables to the Dataset Pane
As per this similar question on MSDN, the database diagrams have been deprecated after Visual Studio 2012.
The answer there provides two workarounds:
You can use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to work with Database diagrams, here is a download link.
You can add a item (ADO.NET Entity Data Model) to project, it will create for you a .edmx file which contains a table with relation. More in here.
NET web application project.
There is little website of books and I want to save the names of books and authors into the database.
I ask if it's possible to create a local sql server database in the project and to save the books here.
I'm newbie to Web programming.
For example,in Android studio there was SQLite database and SQLiteOpenHelper classes where I was able to create local database in the project.
Is it possible in Visual studio 2015?
We got a project called local database - SQL Server Compact Database (*.sdf) in visual studio u can make use of it.
(a) In Solution Explorer,right-click on your application then select "Add" -> "New Item".
(b) Go to "Data" -> "Local database" then click on the "Add" button.
(c) Then go to the Server Explorer then expand your database ("MyDB.sdf") then right-click on "Table" then select "Create Table".
(d)And u'll end up in wizard for creating table or for other operations.
This link helps you to set it up.
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/7d3362/curd-operation-in-local-database-sdf-file-in-window-appli/
How can I create a diagram in visual studio 2012 like this one
In SQL Server Management Studio...
You'll get a popup about "support objects required for database diagramming". Click Yes
In Visual Studio 2012 you can create a windows app project or web app project and add a new item in your solution's project called an 'Ado.net Entity Data Model" You can then import a model from an existing database or create your own model.
By using VS TFS Database Edition 2008, how to create dbproject from an existing SQL SERVER database?
This as updated in VS 2010. There is now the option to "Import database objects and settings" from the project context menu.
In "Visual Studio" go to the "SQL Server Object Explorer" locate to database, right-click on the database you want and select "Create New Project ..."
There no direct, built-in support to do that, unfortunately.
You can get close by doing this:
in SQL Server Management Studio, go to the Object Explorer, right-click on the database you want, and pick Tasks > Generate Scripts
select all the database objects you want to script out
at the end, choose to generate the scripts into separate files for each db object
What you end up with are a number of .sql scripts in a folder of your choice, which basically represent your database.
Next:
create a Database Project in Visual Studio 2008
once you've done that, add the existing scripts to that project
It's a bit more involved that it should be - but that's the only way that I know of to achieve this right now. Don't know if VS2010 will support this in an easier way....