Moving Project from VS 2008 to VS 2010

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Hi all,

For the first time, I'm trying to move a big project(5 sub projects + big Data Base on sql Server 2008 R2) from vs 2008 to vs 2010, I know that opening the projet with vs 2010 is enough to make the conversion with visual studio conversion wizard.
So before beginning any conversion I 'd like to know if I have to convert the 5 projects, one by one or just the Main solution? is there any traitements to do for my DB ?

Thanks for answering

Thim.

Posted 27-Aug-14 2:37am

thimesth thasmat

Updated 27-Aug-14 2:45am

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Leo Chapiro 27-Aug-14 8:41am

Try to convert the whole solution at once. What is BD? Do you mean DB (database)? :)

thimesth thasmat 27-Aug-14 8:42am

Data Base i'mean.

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PhilLenoir · Answer 1 · 2014-08-27T03:08:00

I agree with _duDE_, convert the whole solution at once. Make sure you have backed-up your solution first (always best practice - never trust software!) VS will ask you if you want to backup the solution before conversion, but my preference is to do it myself in a structure (source control prefereably) that I have direct control over.

You don't need to do anything to your database to prepare. If any of the projects are SQL CLR projects, deploying your solution will update those when appropriate. you could back-up the database before deployment (safety first), but you can always revert to the VS 2008 version from your solution backups for disaster recovery.

I'd advocate keeping a copy of VS 2008 (preferably in a VM or isolated boot or machine), at least until you have deployed all updates and are sure there are no problems. I've yet to experience any problems with a VS upgrade myself, but I still practice safety first!

One last tip, act on any upgrade warnings, especially for deprecated classes etc..