Visual Studio Database Project and SQL Azure

Question

I\'m really struggling with the best approach for managing a SQL Azure database which is based on a Visual Studio 2010 Database Project. I figured it would be easy enough to use

Answer 1

A simple command line tool that replaces invalid SQL Azure statements is all that is needed:

    private const string STARTPLACEHOLDER = "AZURESCRIPTSTARTPLACEHOLDER";

    public static void Do(string fileName)
    {
        // Read the original file
        StringBuilder script = new StringBuilder();
        using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(fileName))
        {
            script.Append(reader.ReadToEnd());
        }

        // Remove everything before the start placeholder
        int startPlaceHolder = script.ToString().IndexOf(STARTPLACEHOLDER, 0);
        if (startPlaceHolder > 0)
        {
            script.Remove(0, startPlaceHolder + STARTPLACEHOLDER.Length);
        }

        // Remove WITH clause
        script.Replace("WITH (ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF)", string.Empty);

        // Create azure compatible output file
        using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(fileName), Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileName) + "_Azure" + Path.GetExtension(fileName))))
        {
            writer.Write(script.ToString());
        }
    }

Answer 2

You can use the SQL Azure Migration Wizard and play with it. Maybe you can get the scripts and edit them as you want. Just an idea.

Answer 3

Check out the properties page of the database project. It should show a dropdown containing the various available providers for the project. If you select the Azure provider you should be able to deploy the project as part of your Azure application.