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....
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I am working on a team that have a number of developers working with SQL Server, developing stored procedures, functions etc.
I would like a consistent layout between the SQL, same header with a copyright etc. SO I need a standard template for the SQL. I know in Visual Studio it is possible to share templates.
How can I generate such a template for SQL Server Management Studio that I can share between developers?
This is how I do it:
the physical location of my template is in(Win7 SQL Server Management Studio 2012):
C:\Users\ys\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SQL Server Management Studio\11.0\Templates\Sql
I created my own folder in it (00_Mine)
Created a git repository
Asked other devs to pull from it.
In SQL Server Management Studio, press Ctrl-Alt-T or go to Menu, View, Template Explorer
It will list all the templates. However, from SSMS, there is no easy way to add templates to it by drag and drop, you can create new ones and put them into a folder, such as _WORK_.
The templates live physically in (for 2008 R2): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\SqlWorkbenchProjectItems\Sql, so you can simply drop files and folders in there or push out to team members using group policy. The templates are sorted alphabetically, hence the suggestion for _WORK_ above. Note: A restart of SSMS is required to pick up Template Folder changes.
Here's an article: Using SQL Server Templates
Question to users of template functionality: do you think it will be helpful if you had a possibility to have placeholders for data like: Current database, Current User, Date/Time (something else ?), so, when you open the template these placeholders would be replaced by appropriate values. I develop an add-in and had this idea a time ago, but I do not know if someone really needs it.
I have a database in my sql management studio how can script the database schema to file so that I can put it in another device?
thanks
Open SQL Management -> Script Database As -> .... I think its the closest to what you mean.
Of course there are 3rd party tools for these kind of works. See RedGate.
Shutdown SQL Server, copy the MDF and LDF Files to a new server and attach them on that instance by right clicking on Databases and choosing Attach. Specify the location of the files.
Alternatively, you could also backup the database from the source and restore it in the destination.
The above two methods copy all data too. If you want only the schema, Right click on the database and choose Generate SQL Scripts and follow the instructions.
SQL Management Studio 2008 can make query to unload Schema and data from database, but older versions if Management studio can't do it. You can use another soft to do it like an EMS SQL Management studio
I just installed VS 2010 for the purposes of running someone else's DB project that was created using the 2010. In VS 2008 I was able to right click on a SQL file ans select "Run ON" to run the script on a given SQL Server. I don't see this option in 2010. Is it available and if so how do I get access to it?
The database project format that was included in VS 2005 and VS 2008 has been completely removed in 2010.
Rather than holding loose SQL files that could be run independently, it acts a bit more like a compiler. When the project is built, the SQL files are parsed and (for the most part) turned into an XML-description of the database schema.
If you're trying to create or update a database based on all of the scripts in the project, right click on the project name in Solution Explorer and select "Properties". Under the Deploy tab youchange "Deploy Action" to "Create a deployment script and deploy to the database". Specify the connection settings and database name.
When you select "Deploy" on the right-click context menu of the database project, Visual Studio will build the database deployment files and generate the database. It's generally intelligent enough to update existing databases as well, assuming the project was designed well.
If you're attempting a remote deployment to a production SQL Server, things get a bit trickier. There is no single set of SQL files you can run - part of the database schema is stored as XML.
Take a look at Link - it describes how to use the "vsdbcmd.exe" utility to deploy a database file.
If you just want to run a single SQL file or test part of one, open the file, right click, and select "Execute SQL"
DNRTv # 167 talks about VS 2010 Database Projects in detail.
As #ShadowChaser already mentioned, DB Project in VS 2008 simply had the scripts in it, and 2010 version is a lot more complex and has a lot more features.
Does anyone know how to create an entire database from a visual studio database project? Rather then running logs of smaller scripts individually.
Thanks
In VS express you do the following- It should be similar in the other versions but I don't have them in front of me.
Open Database Explorer (Ctrl-Alt-S)
Right Click "Data Connections" > "Add Connection"
Set 'Data Source' To Microsoft SQL Server Database File
Enter a name for your new Database
Choose your authentication method
It should confirm the creation of the database from there...
In Database Explorer Expand your Database and right click tables > Add new table and so on
It looks like I completely misunderstood the question. If you are trying to generate a script from an existing project for export the Database publishing wizard may do what you need.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=56E5B1C5-BF17-42E0-A410-371A838E570A&displaylang=en
Are you using vs2008 team edition? If so use the db edition and you can use schema compare to create tables, along with stored procedures, views, etc.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=bb3ad767-5f69-4db9-b1c9-8f55759846ed&displaylang=en
The other way I have done is to publish the database, which will create a large sql file for schema and/or data, and then you can execute that in SQL Server Management Suite.
I have a database ready which I am maintaining manually, I would like to now use that database to create an SQL project. I am creating also but not able to import the existing Tables, Views, Stored Procedures or any other object. Is there any way to do it. If yes please let me know.
Thanks,
Piyush
Using the Database Edition of Visual Studio (not to be confused with the older 'Database Project') you can generate a complete set of scripts that can be added to source control. Data and schema comparison tools are also included.
This tool was originally known as 'Data Dude' and is available for Visual Studio 2005 and higher.
I'm not aware of any reverse-engineering support for databases in Visual Studio.
What you need to do is script out your existing SQL database into *.sql files from SQL Server Management Studio:
and then import those as "Create Scripts" into your database project in Visual Studio. Any further changes can be added as "Change Scripts" to your project.