Connecting to SQL Azure in Server Explorer returns error “unknown property PrimaryFilePath”

Question

When adding a new data connection in Server Explorer in VS 2010 (with Azure SDK), I can successfully \"Test Connection\" but when adding it I get this alert box:

Answer 1

I've got the error "unknown property PrimaryFilePath" when tried to connect to Azure DB from VS 2015, but succeeded when connected from VS 2019.

Answer 2

The default collation for character data in SQL Azure databases is SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. The server and database level collations are not configurable in SQL Azure. However, you can use a collation of your choice at the column and expression level.

I believe your problem is described here in this blog: Working With Collations In SQL Azure.

This blog article will show you how.

Answer 3

I came across the same issue using SSDT for VS 2015. I changed the data provider to ".NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB" on the Change data Source window and it worked.