I have a SQL Database project, where I have recently amended a FILESTREAM
column to allow nulls. I am trying to publish the project's dacpac to a db where the column already exists, as a filestream column, but is currently NOT NULL
.
I am performing the publish using the sqlpackage.exe command line tool (version 12.0.2882.1). However, it produces the error:
Error SQL72014: .Net SqlClient Data Provider: Msg 4990, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot alter column 'document' in table 'Document' to add or remove the FILESTREAM column attribute.
Error SQL72045: Script execution error. The executed script:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Document] ALTER COLUMN [document] VARBINARY (MAX) NULL;
The sql in the error looks like the generated script is trying to remove the FILESTREAM attribute on the column, which I guess is why SQL Server is complaining... but why is it doing this? My DB project still has the column marked as FILESTREAM