Analyzing database schema takes hours

Question

Using a new SQL2005 database project in VS2010. I did import objects and settings, and built the project. It seems to be stuck at \'Analyzing database schema. Your database pro

Answer 1

According to the release notes of the March 2013 update of SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework, this bug should be fixed now.

Database Project in Visual Studio hangs on “Analyzing Database Schema…” This release addresses an issue that can occur when loading or building large Database Projects. In some cases, the operation would never finish. This is a functional fix, not a performance enhancement - even with the fix, the time to complete this operation depends on the size and complexity of your project

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2013/03/06/sql-server-data-tier-application-framework-march-2013-available.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36842