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Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 Server Explorer Integration

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VistaDB 3 is integrated tightly into the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 environments. VistaDB 3 is fully compatible with ADO.NET 2.0 which allows VistaDB to support Visual Studio's Server Explorer. Native support for the Server Explorer lets you connect to and use VistaDB databases as you would SQL Server.

Full support for the Server Explorer also includes x64 systems! Even though VS 2005 is a 32 bit app you can still use our 64 bit provider on Windows x64.

Please note that Visual Studio Express editions do NOT allow third party add ins to be loaded. This is a limitation imposed by Microsoft. You can still use the Data Builder, and write code to load / access the database. You will not be able to use the integrated Server Explorer plugin.

New features in VistaDB 3.2

Now in VistaDB 3.2 you can create databases, alter their schema, indexes and more directly inside Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 (Beta 2).

Create a new database while building a connection

Now you do not have to launch the Data Builder to create a new database! You can create at the same time you make the connection in the Server Explorer.

Alter tables within Visual Studio 2005

In VistaDB 3.2 you can alter and drop a table directly within the Server Explorer window.

Automatically Launch the Data Builder with your database

You can also right click the database and select Edit Database to have the Data Builder automatically launch and open your database in a single step.