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DBpro 2008 Features & GDR

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Hey,
We are looking at DBPro again I have some general questions:
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There is no Designer in DBpro. You still need to use Visio, Erwin, ADO.Net Enity tool, VS Server explorer or SQL Mgt Studio to create data models after which you update a test database and resync the changes with your DBpro project.
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There seems to be no table designer as well and you need to use the tools in 1 or update the sql text files directly?
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There is no Intellisense in DBPro and but if you use Mgt Studio you get intellisence but this only works for SQL 2008 databases.
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If a schema is changed for a table (like column renames) the data migration scripts will need to be manually coded.
- If the GDR is feature complete, do we still install the power tools for the items that are not in the GDR?
Thanks
Bruce VB- Moved by Dennis StoneMicrosoft employee Wednesday, November 5, 2008 8:43 PM Not sure where this belongs, don't think it's in the Web & Load Testing forum though. (Moved from Visual Studio Team System - Web and Load Testing to Where is the Forum For…?)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 3:04 PM -
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Hello Bruce,
Thank you for your post! Unfortunately there is not a current forum to post the question you are asking so I would recommend that you post you question to one of the Micropsoft newsgroups located here: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
Regarding Visio the link is :
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer&lang=en&cr=USHope that helps!
Vijay Mullick Tier 2 Application Support Server and Tools Online Engineering Live Services Team- Proposed as answer by Vijay Mullick Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:05 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:59 AM
Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:05 AM -
I don't understand why Dennis Stone moved the thread here when the correct forum for this thread is Team Systems DBPro forum or Team Systems getting started. So please move it back to one of these forums.
Bruce,
The last link is the lastest GDR download and it is now in RC.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vstsdb/threads/http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vstsstart/threads/
Asp.net MVP, MCPD Web C#, MCITP BI & MCTS SQL Server 2005- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:59 AM
Friday, November 7, 2008 10:43 PM
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Hello Bruce,
Thank you for your post! Unfortunately there is not a current forum to post the question you are asking so I would recommend that you post you question to one of the Micropsoft newsgroups located here: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
Regarding Visio the link is :
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer&lang=en&cr=USHope that helps!
Vijay Mullick Tier 2 Application Support Server and Tools Online Engineering Live Services Team- Proposed as answer by Vijay Mullick Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:05 AM
- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:59 AM
Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:05 AM -
I don't understand why Dennis Stone moved the thread here when the correct forum for this thread is Team Systems DBPro forum or Team Systems getting started. So please move it back to one of these forums.
Bruce,
The last link is the lastest GDR download and it is now in RC.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vstsdb/threads/http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vstsstart/threads/
Asp.net MVP, MCPD Web C#, MCITP BI & MCTS SQL Server 2005- Marked as answer by Ed Price - MSFTMicrosoft employee Tuesday, March 27, 2012 3:59 AM
Friday, November 7, 2008 10:43 PM