On the Choose Your Data Connection page, select the SampleDatabase.mdf file in the drop-down list, and then choose Next. Designed and developed as a Visual Studio package, MySQL for Visual Studio integrates directly into Server Explorer providing a seamless experience for setting up new connections and working with database objects. On the Choose a Database Model page, choose Next to accept the default (Dataset). MySQL for Visual Studio provides access to MySQL objects and data without forcing your developers to leave Visual Studio. This will load the SqlSchemaCompare query window and the first thing that needs to be done is to select source and target from their corresponding drop-down lists. On the Choose a Data Source Type page, choose Database and then choose Next.
The script syntax is very simple DROP DATABASENow write a script to drop the database and execute it (right-click > Execute ). Connect to the master database of your database server.
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I know some purists would quiver at the thought of treating a database table like a spreadsheet, but semantically they are not a world apart, plus this is supported in SSMS. From the main menu, go to the Tools -> SQL Server sub-menu -> New Schema Comparison. This one will work with all SKUs of Visual Studio 2012. Does anybody know of a plugin I can use with VS 2012 to bring back this functionality? It seems odd to me that Microsoft have two different development trajectories with SSDT and SSMS? Are they designed to serve different purposes? Can SSMS be integrated into the Visual Studio IDE? I'd rather have a unified development environment if possible.Īny thoughts on a workaround for this problem would be much appreciated. This means I now need to go into SSMS to make these kind of quick updates. It seems to have only affected SQL 2012 instances, but from the Server Explorer I can no longer right click on a table "Show Table Data", pop open the SQL pane, query the data then perform inline edits on the results (as if I were modifying a spreadsheet). I'm pretty sure Microsoft have pulled one of the most useful features for performing quick edits on a SQL Server Database within the Visual Studio IDE.