Not able to deploy database on App Harbor - database

Question

I am trying to deploy an instance which is getting the following build error on App Harbor
Build FAILED.
"D:\temp\gcp22bmp.ggi\input\src\ShareBill.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\temp\gcp22bmp.ggi\input\src\Sharebill.Database\Sharebill.Database.dbproj" (default target) (5) ->
D:\temp\gcp22bmp.ggi\input\src\packages\TeamData\Microsoft.Data.Schema.SqlTasks.targets(5,3): error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\TeamData\Microsoft.Data.Schema.TSqlTasks.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk. [D:\temp\gcp22bmp.ggi\input\src\Sharebill.Database\Sharebill.Database.dbproj]
0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
I know this is because the sql targets that are generally present here - C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\TeamData
are not present on the deployment server.
What should I do to deploy the data base now? Is there any other way to deploy the database. I have not used code first in EF, but I still want to have db migrations automatically applied.
I am assuming that if i get the db project running it would automatically find the schema differences and apply the changes to the database.

Answer 1

I host a project on AppHarbor and use FluentMigrator to deploy my database changes.
It is really easy to implement, just follow the documentation you can use their fluent interface or even just use it to execute sql.
As an example I run the following from my Application_Start of my Global.asax.cs - just put you migrations in the same assembly as the NOP MigrationMarker class:
const string connectionString = #"Data Source=localhost, 1433;Initial Catalog=testdb;Integrated Security=SSPI;";
Announcer announcer = new TextWriterAnnouncer(s => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(s));
announcer.ShowSql = true;
var assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(MigrationMarker));
var migrationContext = new RunnerContext(announcer);
var options = new ProcessorOptions
{
PreviewOnly = false, // set to true to see the SQL
Timeout = 60
};
var factory = new SqlServer2008ProcessorFactory();
var processor = factory.Create(connectionString, announcer, options);
var runner = new MigrationRunner(assembly, migrationContext, processor);
runner.MigrateUp(true);