Creating Stored Procedure template in VS2010? - visual-studio-2010

Question

how can we create a stored procedure template and then import it to vs2010, so that whenever I create a new stored procedure that template is loaded and I already have some set of commands in my stored proc.
I have googled it, but haven't found much on it. can anyone tell me the procedure or provide me the link where I can learn creating stored proc templates for vs2010.
thanks in advance

Answer 1

First you need to create the template file, here is a simple example of what I needed
MySqlProc.sql
DELIMITER $
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `$fileinputname$`;
$
CREATE PROCEDURE `$fileinputname$`
(
)
BEGIN
END
$
As you guessed, the $fileinputname$ keyword will be replaced with the file name the user inputs.
Then you need to create an XML file with .vstemplate extension. Mine looked like this:
MySqlProc.vstemplate
<VSTemplate Type="Item" Version="2.0.0"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
<TemplateData>
<Name>MySql Stored Procedure</Name>
<Description>Creates SQL file with MySql stored procedure prerequisites </Description>
<Icon>mysql.ico</Icon>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
<DefaultName>MySqlStoredProcedure.sql</DefaultName>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
<ProjectItem ReplaceParameters="true" >MySqlProcedure.sql</ProjectItem>
</TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>
I created my own icon, just for fun, otherwise you get an ugly generic icon by default.
Zip the 2 files you created + optionally the icon file. Copy the zip to Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates
Your new template should appear, no need to restart Visual Studio or anything like that.