Grant Fritchey (6/24/2009)
Alexander Kuznetsov (6/24/2009)
Grant,What do I need Active solution configuration and Active solution platform for?
This is a database project, not a C# one, so why am I exposed to and maybe even allowed to select Any CPU/x86/64 at all? These settings are completely irrelevant to my database development, are they not?
Yes, the CPU is irrelevant to your project (although I've never tried switching it). But the configuration works to allow you to set up environments and have the settings change on projects to match the environments.
I guess I know how and why configuration works, but IMO it is completely irrelevant so it shouldn't be there at all. Why do I need to waste my time to "have the settings change on projects to match the environments." Who cares?
How does creating a server project speed up my development?
Could it be faster not to create it at all?
Creating a server project doesn't speed or slow your development. It acts as a placehoder for server level objects, such as Logins. When you make a compound project using the server project, you can then create users that map to logins without errors within the project. Otherwise, if you try to map users to logins, you will get errors.
Well as a database developer I don't know and I don't need to know what the logins are, at least in the environment I work for. I create roles and grant permissions to them, and that's it, and that ends at the database level. Having to create a server project that I don't need seems to be a waste of time.
Having an unnecessary project sit in my solution is an even bigger waste of time, as it clutters my screen, slows down my searches, check ins, check outs etc.
Am I missing something?