Importing Multiple Scripts using DTE
We have had a lot of requests from folks that would rather not go through the Import Script Wizard when they have multiple T-SQL source scripts. Fortunately Visual Studio provides the ability to...
View ArticleSchema Compare DTE Commands
In this blog I’ll lead you through the various parameters for the “Data.NewSchemaComparison” command available in the General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database...
View ArticleData Compare DTE Commands
In this blog I’ll lead you through the various parameters for the “Data.NewDataComparison” command available in the General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database...
View ArticleDatabase Project Import Scripts Add In
In this blog I’ll introduce you to the Import Scripts add-in to the General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition. With this add-in Visual Studio can import...
View ArticleNavigating the Data Dude Object Model
In this blog I’ll introduce you to the basics of navigating the General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition object model. I’ve wrapped it all into an add-in...
View ArticleUsing T4 Templates with GDR Database Projects
For this blog I’ve developed an add-in for General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition projects (better known as “Data Dude”) which will generate Create,...
View ArticleTemplate Driven Sql Generation
Recently Duke Kamstra and I demonstrated how you can use Visual Studio 2008 Database and Server projects to deploy Sql Server permission objects to your various Sql Server instances. It’s common to...
View ArticleSample Visual Studio 2008 Fonts and Color Provider
Adding a new Font and Color category to the Visual Studio Options dialog is, admittedly, a little tricky. There are several services your package must proffer, an interface you must implement and...
View ArticleInteresting Memory Leak in .Net 3.5 Binary Deserialization
Recently I was analyzing an application written in managed code for memory problems. In managed code a common cause of eating up memory is statically allocated objects which are not nulled out after...
View ArticleConverting .dbp files to .dbproj files
With the release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, database projects with the .dbp extension are deprecated. There are several ways to convert your project manually Import Script. Unfortunately this will...
View ArticleTemplate Driven Sql Generation Updated for Visual Studio 2010
More than a year ago I presented a simple template processor for Visual Studio 2008 Database Projects. This add-in gives you the ability to write Transact-SQL in a simple template form with embedded...
View ArticleDatabase Project Extensibility – Merge Table and View Scripts
In this blog I’ve created a project feature extension to combine Table and View child scripts into the script that defines the parent object. For example, constraints or extended properties for a...
View ArticleUsing T4 Templates with Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects
I had a request to update my Visual Studio 2008 GDR Database projects CRUD generator to Visual Studio 2010. Not much has changed except for some references and directory locations. The flow of the...
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