Mar 11, 2025 · This article steps through creating a new SQL project, adding objects to the project, and building and deploying the project. Except for the Visual Studio (SQL Server Data Tools) instructions, the guide focuses on SDK-style SQL projects.

Feb 3, 2025 · You can use Visual Studio to create and update a local database file in SQL Server Express LocalDB. You can also create a database by executing Transact-SQL statements in the SQL Server Object Explorer tool window in Visual Studio. In this topic, you create an .mdf file and add tables and keys by using the Table Designer.

You can use Visual Studio to create a DAC project, build a DAC package file, and send the DAC package file to a database administrator for deployment onto an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine.

This article steps through creating a new SQL project, adding objects to the project, and setting up a continuous deployment pipeline for building and deploying the project with GitHub actions. The tutorial is a superset of the contents of the Get started with SQL database projects article.

The steps in this article show how to connect to a data source in the Visual Studio IDE. The data source can be a local database, online data service, or a database opened from an .mdf file. You can work directly with your data in Visual Studio.

Feb 6, 2025 · This article describes three ways to get started with the SQL Database Projects extension: Create a new database project by going to the Database Projects view or by searching for Database Projects: New in the command palette. Existing database projects can be opened via Database Projects: Open existing in the command palette.

Dec 2, 2024 · In this quickstart, you learn how to use the MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code to connect to a database, whether it's running locally, in a container, or in the cloud. Then you learn how to use Transact-SQL (T-SQL) statements to create a database, define a table, insert data, and query results.

Mar 11, 2025 · Whether you're developing an application or a data warehouse, SQL database projects can be used to manage the schema of your database. SQL projects can be developed from tools in Visual Studio, VS Code, and Azure Data Studio. Original projects vs SDK-style projects. The Microsoft.Build.Sql SDK-style project format is based on the new SDK-style ...

Dec 5, 2024 · To add a project reference to a SQL project in Visual Studio, right-click the References node under the project in Solution Explorer and select Add Database Reference. The Add Database Reference dialog presents options for adding a reference to: a SQL project from the same solution

Some SQL projects tools, such as Visual Studio and VS Code, provide access to edit a few or many of the project properties in a graphical user interface. This article provides an overview of the properties that you can set for SQL database projects.