Sql Server 2008 Database Project Delta Deployment

Question

I have created a new Sql 2008 Database Project in Visual Studio 2010. I imported the database objects and only kept the stored procedures. That all worked as expected. Where I have the problem is that it tries to deploy the entire set of procedures each time. I expect it to only create the deployment script for the delta. I am pretty sure that I combed every setting, but I can't find it. So if someone could first validate that this is possible and second tell me where to look. I need to do this because we only deploy the stored procedures with each release, the database schema is not modified.

Answer 1

Do a Schema compare of the project (as source) with the database where you want to deploy (as target). Once shcem comparison results are shown you have a choice to select which changes you want to deploy and then click the button "Export to T-SQL Editor". It will create the delta script.