The Schema View

In addition to the familiar Solution Explorer view, database projects also have a Schema View window (shown in Figure 21.29).

Figure 21.29 The Schema View window.

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This explorer window looks similar to the Solution Explorer layout (especially if you have opted to organize your database project by object type and not schema), but it goes a step further to make SQL Server developers feel right at home in the IDE: It was designed to closely mimic the look and feel of the SQL Management Studio tool, right down to the icons used for the individual project items.

Because the Schema View window focuses exclusively on database objects, ...

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