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When modifying a table SQL Server (2005) and unchecking a column's 'Allow Nulls' (ie trying to make the column Not Null) the following error may occur: '<tablename>' table- Unable to modify table. Cannot insert the value NULL into column '<columnname>', table '<dbname>.dbo.Tmp_<... column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.The statement has been terminated. This occurs if there is already data in this table and this column contains nulls. The solution is to simply...
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There is a known problem with MSBuild whereby it does not cater for database project types as these project types (database projects) are not buildable. This is only an issue when specifying a solution file (as the item to build) within the MSBuild script. Because these are not buildable projects VS does not show them in the solution configuration manager. Unfortunately this means they cannot be manually configured not to build (as a work around to this problem). When using solution files within...
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