I have one already developed SSIS application using SQL Server 2005. I'm trying to view the script like below:
Right click -> Edit -> Script -> Design script
[normally instade of "Design script" it should come "Edit script". I think, due to SSIS 2005 its like that]
However, its not showing me underline script.Its not showing any error as well.
I have BI studio 2005 installed. However, I can not see VB under(file -> new -> project) if I'm going to create new project. So, do I need a Visual studio version 2005 with VB to be installed to open this?
Is there any other way to see this? OR is there any settings needs to be changed to see this underline script?
Hum I don't know what is causing that error but Visual Studio BI edition is enough (and required) to edit all functionality of a SSIS. Including the VB code in the Script Task without the need to install the whole VB environment.
You should really watch about any error reported when you open the solution, especially the "corruption" messages which are usually indicators that Visual Studio cannot decipher the parts of the SSIS that were encrypted (depending of the security model of your SSIS).
You also would want to make sure you've installed the Visual Studio BI for 2005 and not 2008 (or other) since, unlike 'classic' projects, SSIS projects are highly tied with the version of VS BI it was created with.
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I need to understand what a certain job in SQL Server 2012 does. It's a job someone created and left the company before I started to work here, and nobody on my team knows what this job does also.
The job isn't SQL command based but SSIS Package (which I'm not familiar with), the package points to a Maintenance Plan with the same name as the job. As I read on the internet I connected via Integration Services type, then Stored Packages -> MSDB -> Maintenance Plans, right click on the Maintenance Plan and exported it to a .dtsx file.
I opened it in Visual Studio 2010 Shell, but I can't edit anything because of this error:
The task with the name "" and the creation name "" is not registered for use on this computer.
I also don't have a Solution Explorer for that package, and the icons of the tasks seem a bit faded compared to tasks icons of a new project if I create one.
Maybe the dated version of the VS can be the problem? Perhaps there is other way to see what this job does?
I never worked with SSIS before so maybe I'm missing something very basic but I've been on the Internet for days already and can't find any solution.
Please help,
Thanks in advance
By way of background, until Visual Studio 2019, VS, by itself, couldn't open an SSIS package.
Prior to VS 2010, you needed to use a different product, called Business Intelligence Design Studio (BIDS), which was based on VS, but was built for SQL Server functionality. With the release of SQL Server 2012, Microsoft created SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) as a plugin for VS that required a separate installation. Until SSDT(VS) 2017, you needed to have stand-alone versions of BIDS or SSDT for each version of SSIS you were working with in your environment. The 2017 version, though, is backward compatible to SQL Server 2012, and forward compatible (!) to SQL Server 2019. Visual Studio 2019 has SQL Server Data Tools sort of built in, but you need to add extensions through the extension manager for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Analysis Services (SSAS), and/or Reporting Services (SSRS).
That's kind of a lot to take in, and is sort of irrelevant to you, but it forms the context for Larnu's comments. Rather than messing around with antique versions of Visual Studio, you should just install either VS2017 and also SSDT, or VS2019 with the SSIS extension. Both are in current widespread use, so support is easy to find, and either will allow you to work with the 2012 package you're trying to open up.
Once you have the software installed, you should be able to create a "dummy" integration services solution that you can use to open random packages. I keep one around called MiscSolution. Right click on the solution name, select Add -> Existing Item. Then find your .dtsx package and import it. (Or right click SSIS Packages -> Add Existing Package. I always do it at the Solution level because that interface allows you to select multiple packages.)
Note that when you do this, you're making a new copy of the package in your local solution directory. You are NOT working on the copy of the package that sits in the folder where you picked it up. This matters if you're going to be making any changes, since it will need to be redeployed. It also matters if you accidentally hose up the package, because you've done no harm as long as you just delete that copy.
Once the package imports, which might take a minute or so depending on how complex it is, you should be able to open it up and see what's going on.
I am running SQL Server 2014 on my machine. I have installed SSDT for Visual Studio 2017, which I also have. Now I am not able to find the SSIS Toolbox in my Visual Studio. Do I need to re-install the SSDT all over again? Please let me know. Thanks in advance.
Note on 2022-01-26: I updated my answer with more information about other cases since this question is highly viewed.
I. In case you are sure that you have installed SQL Server Data Tools
You can show the SSIS toolbox in 3 ways:
(1) Visual Studio Menu strip
Based on this Microsoft article:
If you can't see the toolbox, go to VIEW -> Other Windows -> SSIS Toolbox.
(2) From Context Menu strip
Or Right-click inside the Control Flow of any parent/child package and select 'SSIS toolbox', then the SSIS toolbox will be displayed after that click. Read more
(3) Near SSIS tab pages
You can find a small button near the SSIS tab pages, as shown in the following image:
II. If none of the above methods worked, ensure you have installed SSDT correctly.
In case you are using Visual Studio 2019 or newer versions, check for the SQL Server Integration Services extension in the Visual Studio Market Place:
SQL Server Integration Services Projects - Visual Studio Market Place
In case you are using the previous version of Visual Studio, you should download the SQL Server Data Tools from the following links:
Download SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio
Previous releases of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT and SSDT-BI)
III. Integration Services extension for Visual Studio is installed correctly, and the SSIS toolbox is empty
In case the SSIS toolbox is not showing the SSIS tasks and components, from the Visual Studio menu strip, Go To:
Tools" >> Options >> Environment >> On the General Tab >> DISABLE "Optimize rendering for screens with different pixel densities"
Reference: Why is my SSIS toolbox empty in Visual Studio 2019 community?
IV. Last thing to try
If none of the above suggestions worked, try running Visual Studio in safe mode since some third-party extension causes malfunction sometimes. You can run in safe mode using the following command:
devenv.exe /safemode
You just need to click the upper right button of your ssis design board
Full disclosure, I had a minimum level of comfort with designing reports in VS 2005 (just enough to get the job done) and recently my computer was changed and I now have SSMS 2016 and VS2015 instead of SSMS 2008 and VS2005.
I can't seem to open my reports, .rdl isn't even a listed file extension. If I go to the directory where the .rdl files are, I can click on them and open with vs 2015, but it just gives me the xml code. So is there any way to import my old reports into VS 2015? I don't even see a place or tool bar to edit/create reports.
I tried to change the installation to include MS SQL Data Tools, but I could not find the package (maybe I have to get it online?)Presumably, I could then edit the design and layout. But right now, I don't even understand what most of the tool bar options are.
So, as for a question - Where do I start? Once I get SQL Data Tools installed, can I edit the layout/design of existing, VS2005 reports and deploy them to our existing Report Manager as I have done in the past with VS 2005? Thanks for helping!
You definitely need to install SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2015. It looks like this is now available. Without having SSDT installed VS2015 will have no concept of what an RDL file is.
I personally have no experience with VS2015. VS2013 though can open VS2005 reports, and you can deploy them as before,.
Personally I found the old reports now looked a bit messy and I had to reformat a number of them (thought this may not have been necessary - I might just have not liked the way the guy before had coded them)
I'm trying to setup my Visual Studio Project to be able to use only one IDE for managing SQL objects using TFS 2012. Is there any way to configure my project connected to a source control and if for example I go to SSMS and try to modify a stored procedure, automatically takes the one in the source control or vice versa using Visual Studio 2012 check out a procedure and from SSMS shows me that is checked out?
No matter where I'm (Management Studio or Visual Studio 2012)the SQL objects are synchronized.
Thanks
Microsoft doesn't provide any built-in support but you can link your SSDT database project to SSMS using the latest version of SQL Source Control, which is a commercial tool developed by Red Gate, the company I work for. Steps are:
Download SQL Source Control and install it (it has a 28-day free trial)
Load SSMS, right click on your database in the object explorer and select the Link to Source Control option.
In the Link dialog, browse to the database project folder in your repository.
That's it. It's now set up. Simply use the Commit and Get Latest tabs to keep your database in sync with your database project in source control.
I'd be happy to assist should you hit any problems. Please add a comment to this answer or contact support#red-gate.com
I have several .sql files in my visual studio 2010 project.
I am looking for an extension or add on where I can right click on the sql file and execute its contents against a sql server database.
Anyone know if such an extension exists?
Starting with SQL Server Denali (at least in the community preview version I installed to play with), SQL Management Studio is integrated into the Visual Studio 2010 IDE. So you get all the syntax highlighting, Object Explorer, etc., all from within VS2010.
That said, I didn't specifically try adding a SQL script to an existing project (and I uninstalled the shared features last week because there were... issues), but with such a tight integration, I assume doing more or less what you're asking for is the intention.