Finally, the GDR is Released
From the Data Dude himself.
This is great news. I’ve been working with the CTP’s for several months now, telling the other DBA’s on my team that they had to wait until it was completely ready for release. It’s been a long wait, but I’m sure it’s worth it.
My congratulations to the team. I met several of you at the PASS Summit. I really apreciate the work you’ve put into this great tool. It really makes a difference in how we develop and deploy databases. The changes in the GDR are making a great utility even better. Thanks Mr. Drapers. Thanks also to Jamie Laflen, especially for helping validate some of the ideas I presented at PASS. Thanks to all the rest of the team, whose names I don’t recall, especially the guy who took so long to explain to me what the “literal” was for in the reference page. Excellent work everyone. You guys should be proud.
VSTSDBE RC0 Post 2
There is no joy in Mudville.
The install of RC0 went smoothly. I was able to create a new server project and deploy it. I was able to reverse engineer AdventureWorks into a new project and deploy that. When I went to create a new compound project, combining the output from the two… deployment failed. I got an arcane error about something in the Microsoft.Data.Schema.SchemaModel.ModelSerializationException erroring out. Useful. So, at this point, the functionality I had in my demo for the PASS Summit isn’t working. Yikes. I’ve got two weeks… no pressure…
I posted a note about it over at the MSDN discussion site. If you have a solution, swing by and drop it off.
VSTS 2008 Database Edition GDR
OK. I’m jazzed about this. I’m diving in to test it out & try it out. <kicking desk> I can’t convert existing projects to it… CRUD!
Fine. Reverse engineering a database and then building all the customizations by hand will be a good learning experience. Yes, that sound you hear is my teeth grinding, not tectonic plates shifting… CRUD!
A quick & easy test, no real work was that too much to ask?
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