Microsoft KB Archive/928963

= Error message when you try to import a Transact-SQL script in Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals: &quot;The .sql file contains more than one data definition language (DDL) statement.&quot; =

Article ID: 928963

Article Last Modified on 12/13/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals

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SYMPTOMS
When you try to import a Transact-SQL script to a database project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

The .sql file contains more than one data definition language (DDL) statement. Remove any additional statements, and retry the operation.

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:  The script contains multiple constraint statements.  The script contains a Data Definition Language (DDL) statement such as the following: ALTER TABLE [dbo].[titleauthor] ADD CONSTRAINT [FK__titleauth__au_id] FOREIGN KEY ([au_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[authors] ([au_id]), CONSTRAINT [FK__titleauth__title] FOREIGN KEY ([title_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[titles] ([title_id]) Note The DDL statement is valid. The statement runs successfully in SQL Server Management Studio. 



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals does not parse the DDL statement correctly.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, manually split the script into multiple statements in the script file. For example, split the script as follows: ALTER TABLE [dbo].[titleauthor] ADD CONSTRAINT [FK__titleauth__au_id] FOREIGN KEY ([au_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[authors] ([au_id]) ALTER TABLE [dbo].[titleauthor] ADD CONSTRAINT [FK__titleauth__au_id] FOREIGN KEY ([au_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[authors] ([au_id])



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.

Additional query words: TSQL T-SQL

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb KB928963

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