How to: Open a Database Project

You open a database project in the same way that you open other types of projects in Visual Studio.

To open a database project

  1. On the File menu, point to Open, and click Project/Solution.

    The Open Project dialog box appears.

  2. In the Open Project dialog box, click the solution (.sln file) or the database project (.dbproj file) that you want to open.

  3. Click Open.

    The solution or project appears in Solution Explorer.

See Also

Concepts

An Overview of Database Projects
Terminology Overview of Team Edition for Database Professionals

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects
Building and Deploying Version-controlled Databases