Project, you can click on Build on the Menu bar and select Build Solution. Now that we have verified both the details, let us go ahead and build the database project. It is by this name that the database will be created on Notice the target database name in the connection string. Make sure that you point towards the correct database server, otherwise, theĭatabase project will be deployed into some other server that is not intended.įigure 7 – Selecting Target Database String By default, it should be under “ bin\Debug\“.įigure 6 – Viewing the build directory for the projectįor the Target Database Connection, click on Debug and Edit the Target Connection String. You can view the build directory by viewing the Properties of the project and then selectīuild. The Target Database Connection – To which database server the database project will be deployed The build directory – The directory in which the build files will be placed Before that, we will need to make sure of the following two items. Now that we have added our database objects into the project, we are good to start building the project and deploy
So, every time you can deploy a new version of your code into the database server.
Whenever you update your code, make sure to update the version number in the property of theĭACPAC file. It will help you maintain a version of the database as you continue You can alsoĪdd this project under source control like Git. Similarly, you can add tables and other objects like stored procedures under the other schemas as well. It is advisable to verify the SQL query onceįigure 5 – Create a table using Design Pane Quickly without having to worry about writing all the T-SQL manually. This is a very useful feature and helps to develop tables It will automatically generate the column names for yourĪpplication which you can see in the T-SQL editor below. The datatype from the dropdown and you are good to go. Pane, you can create the table structure without writing any T-SQL code. In this pane, there are two major components, the design pane and the T-SQL editor pane. Once the name is provided, click Add and you will see the table designer pane open in Visual You canįollow the best practices while naming dimension and fact tables, however, to keep things simple we will keep the In the New Item pane, select Tables and then provide a name to the table. Alternatively, you can also select New Item from the drop-down and thenįigure 3 – Creating tables in the data tier application Right-click on the Tables directory, select Add and then select Now that we have created our directory structure, let us now create the individual database objects. Matter while building or deploying the application. This is just to organize your code as these structures don’t You can add directories as you feel comfortable to use. You can refer to the diagram below to understand how the directories should be created. So, we would create directories one for each of these under both For example, we might need to create tables, stored procedures,įunctions and views under each of these schemas. Once you create the directories for your schemas, the next step is to create directories for each of the majorĭatabase objects that you are going to develop. In order to create a new directory in the database project, right-click on the project name and select Add and then select New Folder.įigure 1 – Creating new directories for the schemas Then organize the other objects under these. Schemas – “ dbo” and “ stage“, then we should create parent level directories for the schemas and For example, if we intend to develop the code for two The main idea to create individual directories forĮach of the schemas that we will be using in the project. Manage your code later when you have a lot of files to manage. Is my recommendation to create a directory structure before starting with the development. This is not a comprehensive list however, it Let us first begin by creating a directory structure for our project. Finally, we will build the database project and deploy it to a SQL Server instance.Ĭreating the Project Structure and Best Practices
I will also demonstrate how to organize your code for the database projects usingĭirectory structures. In this article, I will mention how to create database objects like tables, stored procedures and use SQLCMD
Visual Studio 2019, however, you are free to use any other versions of Visual Studio. I’d advise you to have a look at itīefore proceeding forward with this as this is a continuation of the previous. This article is a follow-up to the previous article. In my previous article Getting started with Data-Tier Applications using Visual Studio, I have provided an overview of the data tier applications and how can we create In this article, I am going to talk about developing and deploying a database project, also known as a data-tierĪpplication using Visual Studio.