Database Projects

Within Visual Studio

Ronnie Hicks

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http://about.me/ronniehicks

SQL Server Data Tools

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Agenda

• Database ALM

• Intro to Database Projects

• SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

• DAC Framework (DACFx)

• Data-Tier Application Package

(DACPAC)

Database management nirvana is

within your grasp with these

features!

Database ALM is too hard!

Refactoring pain Development cycle

Database

promotion across

environments

Application/

Database

Synchronization

Database Projects (and SSDT) to the rescue!

Buffered

Declarative editing

Model-based

design and

validation

Local testing and

promotion Source Control

SQL Unit TestsPre/Post deploy

scripts SnapshotsDrift detection and

comparisons

What is a Database Project?

Offline development of SQL Server Databases

Project-based development

Developer isolation

Rich T-SQL support

Automatic script generation

Pre-Deploy

Post-Deploy

Refactor Log

Verification against the “Model”

Coding standards enforcement

Intro to Database Project Demo

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)

Data

Comparison

SQL

Language

Services

SQL Server

Object

Explorer

Table

Designer

Buffered

Declarative

Editing

Database

Publishing

SQL

Debugging

Schema

Comparison

SQL/CLR

Isolated

Local

Database

Runtime

SQL Static

Code

Analysis

Database

Unit Testing

DAC Framework (DACFx)

Introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2

Suite of tools, APIs and services

Handles all DACPAC and BACPAC processing

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac (DAC API)

Data Tier Application Package (DACPAC)

Self-contained unit of SQL Server database deployment

Supported by SQL Server 2005 & above, including SQL Azure

Continuous Deployment

DAC properties within SQL

DAC Versioning

Demos

Create a project from an existing database

Make some changes to this new project

Verify that the changes work

Use SQL Debugger to test these changes in LocalDB

Write some Unit tests

Deploy this database to SQL Azure and update the existing database

That’s why Database Projects rock!

• Source Control for SQL

Server

• Database versions

coincide with application,

not just a resource

• Side-by-side SQL/CLR

DACFx and DACPACsSQL Server Data Tools

(SSDT)

Data-Tier Application

(DAC)Multi-team

collaboration

Questions?

Thanks!

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