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

Analyzing database objects (in VS 2015 Update 3) was taking more time than usual, and was occurring after repeated attempts at restarting VS. I suspect things had hung when the number of objects hadn't changed for 15 minutes. For me, the following got me going again;

1. Close VS
2. Make a backup copy of the solution file (*.sln)
3. Edit the solution file, removing the database projects Restart VS. I found that I was able to now open the solution and build
4. Close the solution and replace your edited solution file with the original backup
5. Restart VS. I found that the solution opened this time, and I was able to build successfully

Hopefully this helps someone in the same spot that I was in.