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Schema View for SQL Server Data Tools

Today the team released the first version of the SQL Server Data Tools – Power Tools, which adds the...

Date: 04/02/2012

SQL Connections Spring 2012

Next week, at the SQL Server Connections conference, I will be presenting “Database Development with...

Date: 03/23/2012

SQL Server Data Tools Released, Available Today!

Today we released the first official release of the “SQL Server Data Tools” (SSDT) to the web. Even...

Date: 03/06/2012

SQL Server Developers Tools code-named “Juneau” becomes SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

Last week at the SQL PASS SUMMIT 2011 in Seattle, Ted Kummert announced during his keynote that the...

Date: 10/17/2011

VSDB Common Pitfalls 1

Symptom: The resulting database deployment script always creates the database This seems to be a...

Date: 12/18/2010

Let’s pick up blogging again…

Sorry it has been really quiet on this blog for a while now, new job and new projects get in the...

Date: 12/18/2010

DefaultDataPath

VSDB uses the the ($DefaultDataPath) SQLCMD variable to represent the location where you would place...

Date: 11/30/2009

SQL Server 2008 R2

Now that SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP is available, I found some time to install it and test the...

Date: 11/24/2009

Pre and Post Deployment Events

Visual Studio makes it relatively easy to hook in to pre and post build events, by using the Project...

Date: 10/13/2009

Pre-Deployment Scripts

Pre-deployment script do not change the outcome of deployments! The above statements is something...

Date: 09/14/2009

NESQL Presentation – Declarative Database Development

Last week, September 10, I was invited by the New England SQL Server User Group to present about my...

Date: 09/14/2009

MyDevConnections Volume 2 issue 1

The DevConnections conference organization (Tech Conferences Inc.), just released the latest issue...

Date: 09/09/2009

SqlCmdVars.exe

This post announces the availability of a small helper utility that will allow you to maintain your...

Date: 08/01/2009

VSDB 2008 Version Numbers

We frequently get asked how to identify the version a user is running with, so here is the list of...

Date: 07/29/2009

VSDBCMD.EXE Return Codes

Quick one based on a forum question where somebody asked how to detect if VSDBCMD.EXE failed or...

Date: 07/21/2009

Agile Database Techniques

I am happy to announce that there is a new class dedicated to VSDB. “Agile Database Techniques”, is...

Date: 07/08/2009

Assigning MSBuild Properties to SQLCMD Variables

I am receiving the following question a lot: How do I propagate MSBuild properties to SQLCMD...

Date: 06/21/2009

DBSchema file for SQL LiteSpeed XP’s

Based on a customer request I created a .dbschema file which contains the definitions of all the...

Date: 06/10/2009

System Objects in TEMPDB

Today a user send me a question how to resolve reference of system objects inside tempdb? My first...

Date: 06/10/2009

Declarative Database Development

Define What You Want, Not How You Get There!   If Not Exists… Database development is many...

Date: 06/05/2009

RTM of VSDB 2008 GDR R2

The QFE rollup release for the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR release is now...

Date: 04/22/2009

Release Candidate of GDR QFE

Yesterday, March 25th, the development team released an RC of the upcoming QFE of the Visual Studio...

Date: 03/26/2009

SQL Connections Slides and Demo Posted

It was great to be able to meet many new users of the Database Edition product at the SQL Connection...

Date: 03/26/2009

DBPROJ vs. DBP

Can the “real” database project please identify itself? Life can be confusing and we did not help...

Date: 03/25/2009

Up to SQL Connections Spring 2009 (Orlando, FL)

Next week I will be presenting at SQL Connections in Orlando where I will be covering some fun...

Date: 03/20/2009

FIX: Blank Unit Test Designer Problem

If you are running in to the following problem when creating unit tests when using database...

Date: 03/11/2009

Dealing with Confused Installations

  Is your Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR installation confused? Does your...

Date: 03/08/2009

Must Read MSDN Magazine Article

Jamie Laflen and Barclay Hill wrote a great, must read article for MSDN Magazine, detailing the...

Date: 02/25/2009

Oracle DSP Announced

Today Quest Software announced that they will offer a Database Schema Provider (DSP) for Oracle that...

Date: 02/24/2009

VSTSDB Blog Site

The Visual Studio Team System Database Edition team has created a new blog site to keep you informed...

Date: 02/24/2009

DBProj.com

Some of you already know or noticed through sites like LinkedIn or Facebook that per the beginning...

Date: 02/19/2009

Data Generator for SQL Server Sparse Columns

Genevieve, tester on the “DataDude” team, has created a new Data Generator which allows you to...

Date: 02/06/2009

Final Language Release of the GDR

Today we released the last language, Russian, of the planned localized versions of Visual Studio...

Date: 01/20/2009

File Level Build Warning Suppression in the GDR

One of the small, but hard to discover new features in the GDR release is the ability to suppress...

Date: 01/11/2009

Two more languages released

Yesterday we released two more languages of the Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition GDR...

Date: 01/09/2009

Creating T-SQL Static Code Analysis Rules

One of the new features in the GDR release is that you can create your own T-SQL Static Code...

Date: 01/01/2009

GDR VPC's

We just released a new set off VPC's for Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite (including TFS) which now...

Date: 12/24/2008

Handling of COMMENTS in the GDR

In the GDR you will mainly find large improvements, but it is not everything is better. One area...

Date: 12/19/2008

GDR Language Releases

Today, we released 6 additional languages of the Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition...

Date: 12/19/2008

Troubleshooting SETUP

This post dives in to how to troubleshoot problems when installing the Visual Studio Team System...

Date: 12/16/2008

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR - RTM

Finally the moment is there, the final version of the Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database...

Date: 11/25/2008

New VSDB Blog

Patrick Sirr, one of the key developers in our team started his own blog. If you want to learn about...

Date: 11/22/2008

PDC Session Now Online

The PDC session "TL45 Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Database Edition: Overview",...

Date: 10/29/2008

The GDR RC Is Here!

During my session at PDC I announce the immediate availability of the Release Candidate (RC) of...

Date: 10/27/2008

Partial Projects

The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR release introduces two new ways on how to...

Date: 10/05/2008

Model Collation vs. Database Collation

When you are using the latest CTP of the GDR release, you might have noticed that we introduced a...

Date: 10/04/2008

VSDB @ PDC2008

If you happen to go to PDC this year, you might want to check out session TL45, "Microsoft...

Date: 10/03/2008

More Team Developer + Data Edition Merge Information

Per October 1st 2008 MSDN subscribers who own or buy a new Visual Studio Team System Developer...

Date: 10/03/2008

Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP

The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR September CTP is now available for download....

Date: 10/01/2008

Team Developer + Team Data = Team Developer!

In today's press release titled: "Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 Overview" we...

Date: 09/29/2008

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