We used some Database Projects in VS2005 Professional. Am I correct in saying Microsoft removed support in 2008 Professional edition and moved it to Team System instead?
I just checked my install of Visual Studio 2008 Pro and 'Database' is available as a new project option (under 'Other Languages').
Do you mean Database Edition projects (DBPro)? If so, VS Professional doesn't support this for free. You need to be using VS Team Suite or VS Developer Edition.
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As I know if I need to use some kind of version control I need to use 3rd party softwares.
Is there any built in version controlling option in the SQL Server management studio ?
No there is not any version control. You should to use 3rd party tools.
If you are looking to version control the database schema, you could use SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) along with the version control system of your choice. Although not technically part of SSMS, SSDT is based on the same Visual Studio shell as SSMS so the interface is similar.
SSDT is included with the latest version of Visual Studio 2015, including the free Community Edition. For a vendor database, you could start by reverse engineering the existing database using the SSDT schema compare tool.
I currently have a website in DNN Community Edition (version 7.3.2). I need to upgrade the website to enterprise edition. I have tried searching (read Googling) for the steps and protocols to be followed to achieve this. However, all search results, blogs and online documentation I have encountered so far seem to be pertaining to upgrading Community Edition (CE) to Professional Edition (PE) or Professional Edition (PE) to Enterprise Edition (EE). Based on my understanding, I get the feeling that I have to upgrade to Professional Edition in order to be able to upgrade to Enterprise Edition (EE).
So can anybody tell me is it possible to upgrade Community edition to Enterprise Edition straightaway OR do I have to go through the installation of Professional edition?
You will simply perform the same steps as you would to upgrade to PE. No need to upgrade to PE then EE.
Backup everything (files/database)
Download the EE Upgrade package
Extract the EE Upgrade package (make sure to unblock the ZIP if you're using Windows Compression to extract)
Copy the files from the UPGRADE extraction over your existing CE location.
Side note: Probably too late, but do you really need Enterprise Edition?
I want to download full versions of visual studio and SQL Server. Are the dreamspark versions full, or just express?
They are the full versions.
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They are full versions.
Here are some extra characters since that answer is too short.
They are full versions, but they aren't the highest versions.
In particular, they give VS 2010 Professional, not Premium or Ultimate.
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Yes they are full versions. Visual Studio 2015 is now on there as well as 2013
Make sure you register with visual studio to create a developer shared point.
Can be done here.
Hope this helps.
Back at Tech Ed in 2008, Microsoft announced that:
IBM and Microsoft have agreed to work together to integrate IBM DB2 database access with Visual Studio Team System Database Edition.
-- Microsoft Press Release - 6/3/2008
Has anyone seen evidence that this has actually happened? More importantly, has anyone had success moving DB2 projects to VS 2010?
We have some DB2 database projects that rely on the IBM Database Add-ins for Visual Studio 2008. I have been unable to find any mention of 2010 Add-Ins on IBM's site and they only support the add-ins through forums. I asked about VS 2010 support on the forums and got no response.
It looks like the beta for VS 2010/.net 4.0 support is finally out. I'll follow up after we've done some testing.
DB2 VS 2010 add-in (Beta) (NOTE: Original link is dead. See archived page.)
I have a MS-SQL database on a server and have decided to play around with source control for the database. I want to create a database project and include that project within my solution. Is there any way to "import" an existing database into a database project in Visual Studio 2008?
I have run a few searches but I haven't really found anything of substance yet. Any ideas will be welcome!
Thanks
Yes. If you have Visual Studio 2008 Team System, then the Database Edition GDR release 2 add-on is the way to go.
You can download from here: Microsoft® Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2
You can find a list of features here.
Also, Introducing New Features In The VSTS Database Edition GDR
Update: In response to poster's comment about not having the Team System version, you can still use the original Database Project that comes with Visual Studio, but it is not as fully featured as the new GDR R2 version.