新的visual Studio 2010数据库项目和数据库图

Question

I am experimenting with the database project in Visual Studio 2010. The schema diff and management of scripts looks great, but where are the database diagrams? I would like to design the tables visually, but still make use of the versioning/comparison/deployment tools in VS2010. I didn't see any option in the database project to create a diagram. Is that not supported?

Answer 1

您可以像平常一样在SSMS（或其他图表/建模工具）中创建图表，并将结构同步回Visual Studio数据库项目，尽管您需要使用Visual Studio的Premium或Ultimate版本才能使用此功能。

Answer 2

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I suggest you add an Entity Diagram (Entity Framework) to your project / solution. This will allow you to design/describe your data model(s) either by drawing them visually or by importing an existing database schema.

Entity Framework information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa697427(VS.80).aspx

Tutorial (for EF 2.0 but still relevant) http://blog.garypretty.co.uk/index.php/2009/05/20/tutorial-entity-framework-v20-model-first-using-visual-studio-2010-and-net-40/

I hope this helps you get started

Answer 3

There certainly is diagramming support.

Open the "Server Explorer"

Create/open a data connection.

You should see "Database Diagrams", which will function very similarly to the same function in SQL Server Management Studio.

Bam.

Note, I'm referring to V2010 Ultimate.