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I have inherited a VS2010 project that includes a .SQLPROJ.

I'm not having any problems with the .csproj. But I am having a problem opening the .SQLPROJ in the solution. When I try to open the .SQLPROJ, I get the following error:

MyDBProject.sqlproj cannot be opened because its project type (.sqlproj) is not supported by this version of the application. To open it, please use a version that supports this type of project.

It's my understanding that this solution was developed using VS2010. But I can't open the DB project. Is there software that needs installed?

Jerry
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.sqlproj stands for a SQL Server Data Tools project, you can download the tools here

andreister
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    Data Tools for VS2010 is no longer available at this link but can still be downloaded if you have an MSDN subscription. The installation will fail with a certificate error, though. I was able to install it after setting the system date back to something before 10/6/2013 (see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/archive/2013/10/08/known-issue-ssdt-install-fails-validating-certificates.aspx) – cdonner Mar 18 '14 at 21:06
  • For the same scenario for VS2012, same tool is required, [reference](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18148445/cannot-open-sqlproj-because-it-is-not-supported) – Beytan Kurt May 11 '15 at 07:19