You can open a database project when you want to resume your connections to a server database so that you can design database objects or query the database. Before you can open a database project, that project must already exist in the directory where you last saved it.
To open a database project in Microsoft® Visual InterDev™ and Visual J++™
To open a database project in Microsoft® Visual C++®
Note In Visual C++, you cannot open a project without first opening the associated workspace.
When you open a database project, the Data View window is added to the project workspace to display the names of database diagrams and database objects, such as tables, views, and stored procedures. You can access and manage database objects in Data View. For more information about using Data View, see Managing Databases in Data View.
You create and open queries in the Project Explorer (FileView in Microsoft Visual C++). For details, see Managing Queries in the Project Explorer.