Support .sqlproj in the .NET SDK

From @whibdev on Friday, December 27, 2019 8:33:45 PM

dotnet sln add .sqlproj - Invalid Project

When using cli to add a SQL Server Database Project (.sqlproj) to a solution, error occurs: Invalid project [PathToProject].sqlproj. The imported project “C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.100\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\SSDT\Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.SqlTasks.targets” was not found. Confirm that the expression in the Import declaration “C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.100\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\SSDT\Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.SqlTasks.targets” is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

Version introduced

Using v3.1.100

Old behavior

Unknown

New behavior

1. Create solution: dotnet new sln mysln
2. Open Solution in Visual Studio IDE
3. Add new Sql Server Database Project using IDE to solution
4. Remove SQL Server Database Project from Solution
5. Use dotnet cli command to add sqlproj back to solution

Recommended action

• Possible workarounds Add sqlproj using Visual Studio IDE

Category

• ASP.NET Core
• dotnet cli

Affected APIs

dotnet sln cli

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Issue metadata

• Issue type: breaking-change

Copied from original issue: dotnet/docs#16420

[whibdev]

Hi @wli3 any update on this issue? @binte response does not seem to apply to the issue; maybe I’ve misunderstood.

[binte]

I managed to avoid adding a SQL Server project to the solution by using an MSBuild SDK, capable of producing a SQL Server Data-Tier Application package (.dacpac) from the set of SQL scripts.

If it is important to keep using the SQL Server project, for example, to be able on Visual Studio to take advantage of linking the project to a live database through SQL Server Object Explorer, you can check this answer on SO for a suggestion.