I am experimenting with the database project in Visual Studio 2010. The schema diff and management of scripts looks great, but where are the database diagrams? I would like to design the tables visually, but still make use of the versioning/comparison/deployment tools in VS2010. I didn't see any option in the database project to create a diagram. Is that not supported?
You could create the diagrams in SSMS (or another diagramming/modelling tool) as you would do normally, and synchronize the structure back to your Visual Studio Database Project, although you'll need the Premium or Ultimate version of Visual Studio to use this feature.
I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for,
but I suggest you add an Entity Diagram (Entity Framework) to your
project / solution. This will allow you to design/describe your data model(s)
either by drawing them visually or by importing an existing database schema.
Entity Framework information:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa697427(VS.80).aspx
Tutorial (for EF 2.0 but still relevant)
http://blog.garypretty.co.uk/index.php/2009/05/20/tutorial-entity-framework-v20-model-first-using-visual-studio-2010-and-net-40/
I hope this helps you get started
There certainly is diagramming support.
Open the "Server Explorer"
Create/open a data connection.
You should see "Database Diagrams", which will function very similarly to the same function in SQL Server Management Studio.
Bam.
Note, I'm referring to V2010 Ultimate.
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I recently moved from visual studio to Rider and I love it. However I've noticed that Rider does not have a function to publish your database project to a server. Does Rider have this option or anything like it? If not what would be the best alternative? I'd rather not have both IDEs open at the same time just for 1 function.
Rider has supported EF code-first since 2018, so that would be one way of managaing your database. Have you looked at that?
EF lets your code generate and update a database.
I'm looking for a way to list the tables/objects in a LINQ to SQL model, and search them, similar to the Model Browser window for Entity Framework.
Are you using MS SQL Server? If so you should be able to use the Database Diagrams.
It turns out that in Visual Studio 2017 the model browser can be activated by pressing Ctrl+1 if the edmx diagram is displayed at the same time.
For a work-around, I'm editing the *.dbml file directly. However, this seems much more error prone (copy-paste errors, requires more knowledge of framework, etc.), for repetitive changes.
UPDATE (and actual fix):
I had to install SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for my specific version of Visual Studio. This doesn't have to match your target version of SQL Server.
See here for Visual Studio 2017:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/download-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt?view=sql-server-2017
Note that using the standalone installer did NOT work for this purpose (LINQ to SQL model browser). Only using the Visual Studio installer, and after a restart did the browser load.
I didn't update this answer immediately, so there may be something I'm missing; please add more detail if you encounter this issue.
I am very new to entity framework just started learning. I have been following a MCTS book to learn entity framework.
I have VS2010, sql server 2008 both of them are express editions. I have created a .edmx file in my project. Described two entities. Now I click generate database from model option, from the context menu by right clicking in the diagram. A generate database wizrd opens, now I choose new.
I don't see any option here to connect to my sql server instance?
However, I see only:
Microsoft sql server database file.
microsoft sql server compact 3.5.
My objective is to create a new database and create those two entities as tables, in my local sql server instance.
Any help shall be appreciated
Thanks
After some hit and trials I finally come to conclusion that this feature is not available in VS2010 express edition, since I was easily able to do this in vs2010 professional edition.
Is there any Visual Studio 2010 add-in available for Rocket U2 .NET Database Provider (Universe)? I know there is a tool for 2008 but I can't get this new U2 .NET tool Kit working and generate an ERM.
The answer to your first question is: yes there is.
Both the .NET Toolkit and UniObjects for .NET should work seamlessly with VS 2010.
You can download the necessary software from the Rocket U2 website under "resources/downloads"
You can also use UniObjects for .NET which is available in the "u2-Clients" download on the Rocket website. This is a DLL which you then add as a reference in your Visual Studio project and makes it possible to interact with your UniVerse database and data. The documentation on how to use both products is also available there for download.
If this does not help, ask a more specific question stating the exact error messages you are getting, together with details of which .NET framework version you are using and UniVerse platform and version.
I would like to inform you that U2NETDK V 1.2.0 will have new product called U2 Database Add-ins for Visual Studio. It will allow you Server Explorer Integration that simplifies U2 data access in .NET. You will see U2 Tables, Views and Subroutines in Server Explorer and you can drag and drop in Designer such as DataSet Designer / Entity Data Model Designer. We will go EAP soon.
One more thing, I want to add that you do not need any more 'UniObjects for .NET' as this functionality is added into 'U2 Toolkit for .NET' Product. We have sample code in the installation that demonstrates 'UniObjects for .NET' functionality.
I finally found some resources and a solution. I will share it here.
It is documented here that this indeed is a feature and not a bug.
In this excellent series of blogs you can find anything you always wanted to know, but never dared to ask about SQLServerCompact 4.0
The author of these blogs has made a wonderful Add-In for Visual Studio 2010 that adds Entity Data Model wizard functionality to create a model from a SQLServerCompact 4.0 database for any type of project.