Publish to SQL Azure fails with 'Cannot drop the external data source' message
问题 I've got an SQL Project (.sqlproj) in my solution with target platform 'Microsoft Azure SQL Database V12'. Recently I've added an external data source and several external tables targeting this data source. ExternalCSVLists.sql file: CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE [ExternalCSVLists] WITH ( TYPE = RDBMS, LOCATION = 'location.windows.net', DATABASE_NAME = '$(CSVLists)', CREDENTIAL = RemoteConnectionCredential ) Example of external table ( IntegerListContent.sql file) CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE [WebApp]