Source control for SQL Server Databases! and More…


The era of painful SQL Server development is over. SQL Server code name Denali will be shipped with a new toolset with code name “Juneau” that has a amazing improvements for database developers. Server explorer gives you Project-Oriented Offline Database Development feature, as written in an MSDN article:

Inside the Server Explorer, you can create a new database project from a running database for offline development. The schema of the current database is then imported into the database project, with each database object represented by a script in the Solution Explorer. For a better viewing experience, you have the option of creating a folder in the Solution Explorer for each schema and/or each object type during the import operation.
While you are working offline, you can invoke the same visual designer tools (TSQL editor and Table Designer) available for online development to make changes to the database scripts, and save all changes to be deployed later.
The offline development experience also provides you with source control functionalities to manage all your scripts.
Another AMAZING feature: You can now add SQLCLR objects directly to the same database project that is opened, without resorting to opening a specific SQL CLR project.  Your TSQL store procedures can interact with your SQLCLR objects within the same project.  Debugging and deployment can also happen seamlessly.
Yet another one:Seamless Integration with SQLCLR  You can now add SQLCLR objects directly to the same database project that is opened, without resorting to opening a specific SQL CLR project.  Your TSQL store procedures can interact with your SQLCLR objects within the same project.  Debugging and deployment can also happen seamlessly.

UPDATE: Check the teched-2011 video from here.

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