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Using T4 Templates with Visual Studio 2010 Database Projects
I had a request to update my Visual Studio 2008 GDR Database projects CRUD generator to...
Date: 04/12/2011
Database Project Extensibility – Merge Table and View Scripts
In this blog I’ve created a project feature extension to combine Table and View child scripts...
Date: 01/05/2011
Template Driven Sql Generation Updated for Visual Studio 2010
More than a year ago I presented a simple template processor for Visual Studio 2008 Database...
Date: 12/28/2010
Converting .dbp files to .dbproj files
With the release of Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2, database projects with the .dbp extension are...
Date: 11/16/2009
Interesting Memory Leak in .Net 3.5 Binary Deserialization
Recently I was analyzing an application written in managed code for memory problems. In...
Date: 11/13/2009
Sample Visual Studio 2008 Fonts and Color Provider
Adding a new Font and Color category to the Visual Studio Options dialog is, admittedly, a little...
Date: 11/13/2009
Template Driven Sql Generation
Recently Duke Kamstra and I demonstrated how you can use Visual Studio 2008 Database and Server...
Date: 07/31/2009
Using T4 Templates with GDR Database Projects
For this blog I’ve developed an add-in for General Distribution Release (GDR) for Visual Studio Team...
Date: 12/29/2008
Navigating the Data Dude Object Model
In this blog I’ll introduce you to the basics of navigating the General Distribution Release (GDR)...
Date: 12/11/2008
Database Project Import Scripts Add In
In this blog I’ll introduce you to the Import Scripts add-in to the General Distribution Release...
Date: 11/24/2008
Data Compare DTE Commands
In this blog I’ll lead you through the various parameters for the “Data.NewDataComparison” command...
Date: 11/22/2008
Schema Compare DTE Commands
In this blog I’ll lead you through the various parameters for the “Data.NewSchemaComparison” command...
Date: 11/22/2008
Importing Multiple Scripts using DTE
We have had a lot of requests from folks that would rather not go through the Import Script Wizard...
Date: 11/21/2008