Is it possible to add a 'right-click' context menu for .sql files within a VS 2010 database project?
I'd like to add this to rapidly deploy files to a test environment while being able to parse variables within the .sql files.
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I'm trying to create a SQL Database Project in VS 2022, but it keeps creating a nested folder that I don't want.
I have the following folder cloned from a github repo... /repos/ClonedRepo
I go to create a SQL Database project
And I end up with this file structure (it creates a DbName folder)
repos/ClonedRepo
DbName
.sln file
.slqproj file
My end goal is the following, without having to manually move either the .sln or the .sqlproj around (and refactor them)
repos/ClonedRepo
.sln file
.sqlproj file
I have tried the following solutions mentioned here: https://blog.mzikmund.com/2020/03/how-to-create-a-blank-solution-without-a-folder/
create a blank solution via VS and place it a folder above
This gets the .sln file where I want, but then when I create the SQL project, it still puts that .sqlproj file one layer deeper
use the command line to create the solution
I haven't found an option to create a .sqlproj directly from the command line
My desktop app includes a SQLite database it uses internally. The contents of this database are stored in .SQL (text) files so that the entire DB can be recreated from scratch based on the source files. Running these scripts in the correct order is what I refer to as a "database build" in this context.
I am looking for ways to integrate this DB build into a Visual Studio solution. The ideal might be:
DB build is automatically re-run during a solution build whenever any .SQL file has changed, or if the target database does not exist
IDE integration - edit .SQL files right there inside VS2015
External program sqlite3.exe needs to be called to process each .SQL file
The output database file is deposited in the Debug\bin folder (or Release) just like any other build output
Processing errors captured in the Output pane
In other words - it behaves like a standard C# or C++ etc. project and build.
The only way I have turned up so far to do this might be to create an MSBuild script / project file. That may work but is not necessarily more advantageous than just running a batch file, and seems like it would lack IDE integration.
I was hoping there might be an existing VS project type which would accommodate this, but if it exists I haven't figured that out.
Build a SQLite database from Visual Studio?
If I understand you correct, you can include your database file in your project. Set the type to Content and CopyToOutputDirectory to Copy if newer, that will make sure the file is copied to your output directory and you can edit .SQL files inside VS2015.
Unload your project and add following into the project file .sqlproj:
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="test.sql">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
See the similar thread for some more details.
Hope this helps.
Having created a SQL Server maintenance plan in a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance, how can I import the definitions into a Visual Studio 2013 SSDT database project?
I don't mind using pre- and post-deployment scripts if that helps but I want it to be in a database project and to be able to build the project in VS and then to be able to deploy either a new instance of the plan, or to be able to synchronize an existing plan instance with the definitions in the database project. Also, drop and re-create is entirely acceptable.
Does anyone else already know how to do that ?
First of all maintenance plans are not supported by SSDT.
You can export it manually as an xml template file and then try to write some sql/batch post deploy scripts to deploy it.
You can find general instruction here (read comments also): https://robertbigec.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/automating-deployment-of-sql-server-maintenance-plans/
One note: The exported xml template contains some specific values such as server name or path to backup/log file locations. You might want to write custom script to get these values from target machine and replace it in the xml file.
I currently have a couple of batch scripts in one of my projects which run in a pre-build event which generate some new .cs files by calling svcutil.exe and xsd.exe. I'd like to have these files automatically nested under their base file in the Solution Explorer. I can handle manually needing to include them if necessary, if they'll be automatically nested after they are.
Is there any batch script, tool, or naming convention I can use to make Visual Studio automatically nest them?
I am using Visual Studio 2010. I have a solution that has 2 SqlServer Database projects and Web application projects. When I build each of these projects they generate SQL scripts and zip files for websites that can then be imported in IIS with MSDeploy.
I want to create a setup project of some sort that will package these sql and zip file outputs and build an installer for me. This installer just needs to copy the files to a particular folder.
I tried creating a Setup project and then adding project outputs from the web and database projects to it, but there doesn't seem to be a way to add the sql/website.zip files instead.
How can I create a setup project that will aggregate these output sql and website zip files?