With a VS2012 database project can I make it ignore column order when publishing and just add the columns to the end of the table? This is a faster and safer option.
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With a VS2012 database project can I make it ignore column order when publishing and just add the columns to the end of the table? This is a faster and safer option.
I don’t think there’s currently a way to do this with Visual Studio 2012. There is supposed to be an “Ignore column order” option in the advanced deployment settings but this option has been removed according to this page. Apparently the scope of this option was confusing and Microsoft has decided to remove it until they can improve it. (The page actually claims this option was removed from SQL Server Data Tools but I believe that is wrong. I have confirmed this option exists in Visual Studio 2010 with SSDT so I believe the problem is really with VS 2012.)
For Visual Studio 2010 you’ll find the setting as follows.