Error with Publish using publish profile -“ DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource conflicts with the selected DoNotDropObjectType ExtendedProperties”

Question

As the title says, I get this error when trying to Publish using a publish profile XML:

DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource conflicts with the selected DoNotDropObjectType ExtendedProperties

I have specified to drop objects in target that are not in source, but have excluded everything except for Tables and Synonyms. Here are the two lines I believe are related to this error:

<DropObjectsNotInSource>True</DropObjectsNotInSource>
<DoNotDropExtendedProperties>True</DoNotDropExtendedProperties>

Full publish profile below, with target database information removed.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<IncludeCompositeObjects>True</IncludeCompositeObjects>
<TargetDatabaseName>REDACTED</TargetDatabaseName>
<DeployScriptFileName>REDACTED.sql</DeployScriptFileName>
<TargetConnectionString>Data Source=REDACTED;Integrated Security=True;Persist Security Info=False;Pooling=False;MultipleActiveResultSets=False;Connect Timeout=60;Encrypt=False;TrustServerCertificate=True</TargetConnectionString>
<BlockOnPossibleDataLoss>True</BlockOnPossibleDataLoss>
<DropObjectsNotInSource>True</DropObjectsNotInSource>
<DoNotDropAggregates>True</DoNotDropAggregates>
<DoNotDropApplicationRoles>True</DoNotDropApplicationRoles>
<DoNotDropAssemblies>True</DoNotDropAssemblies>
<DoNotDropAsymmetricKeys>True</DoNotDropAsymmetricKeys>
<DoNotDropAudits>True</DoNotDropAudits>
<DoNotDropBrokerPriorities>True</DoNotDropBrokerPriorities>
<DoNotDropCertificates>True</DoNotDropCertificates>
<DoNotDropClrUserDefinedTypes>True</DoNotDropClrUserDefinedTypes>
<DoNotDropColumnEncryptionKeys>True</DoNotDropColumnEncryptionKeys>
<DoNotDropColumnMasterKeys>True</DoNotDropColumnMasterKeys>
<DoNotDropContracts>True</DoNotDropContracts>
<DoNotDropCredentials>True</DoNotDropCredentials>
<DoNotDropCryptographicProviders>True</DoNotDropCryptographicProviders>
<DoNotDropDatabaseAuditSpecifications>True</DoNotDropDatabaseAuditSpecifications>
<DoNotDropDatabaseRoles>True</DoNotDropDatabaseRoles>
<DoNotDropDatabaseScopedCredentials>True</DoNotDropDatabaseScopedCredentials>
<DoNotDropDatabaseTriggers>True</DoNotDropDatabaseTriggers>
<DoNotDropDefaults>True</DoNotDropDefaults>
<DoNotDropEndpoints>True</DoNotDropEndpoints>
<DoNotDropErrorMessages>True</DoNotDropErrorMessages>
<DoNotDropEventSessions>True</DoNotDropEventSessions>
<DoNotDropEventNotifications>True</DoNotDropEventNotifications>
<DoNotDropExtendedProperties>True</DoNotDropExtendedProperties>
<DoNotDropExternalDataSources>True</DoNotDropExternalDataSources>
<DoNotDropExternalFileFormats>True</DoNotDropExternalFileFormats>
<DoNotDropExternalTables>True</DoNotDropExternalTables>
<DoNotDropFileTables>True</DoNotDropFileTables>
<DoNotDropFilegroups>True</DoNotDropFilegroups>
<DoNotDropFullTextCatalogs>True</DoNotDropFullTextCatalogs>
<DoNotDropFullTextStoplists>True</DoNotDropFullTextStoplists>
<DoNotDropLinkedServerLogins>True</DoNotDropLinkedServerLogins>
<DoNotDropLinkedServers>True</DoNotDropLinkedServers>
<DoNotDropLogins>True</DoNotDropLogins>
<DoNotDropMessageTypes>True</DoNotDropMessageTypes>
<DoNotDropPartitionFunctions>True</DoNotDropPartitionFunctions>
<DoNotDropPartitionSchemes>True</DoNotDropPartitionSchemes>
<DoNotDropPermissions>True</DoNotDropPermissions>
<DoNotDropQueues>True</DoNotDropQueues>
<DoNotDropRemoteServiceBindings>True</DoNotDropRemoteServiceBindings>
<DoNotDropRoutes>True</DoNotDropRoutes>
<DoNotDropRoleMembership>True</DoNotDropRoleMembership>
<DoNotDropRules>True</DoNotDropRules>
<DoNotDropScalarValuedFunctions>True</DoNotDropScalarValuedFunctions>
<DoNotDropSearchPropertyLists>True</DoNotDropSearchPropertyLists>
<DoNotDropSecurityPolicies>True</DoNotDropSecurityPolicies>
<DoNotDropSequences>True</DoNotDropSequences>
<DoNotDropServerAuditSpecifications>True</DoNotDropServerAuditSpecifications>
<DoNotDropServerRoles>True</DoNotDropServerRoles>
<DoNotDropServerRoleMembership>True</DoNotDropServerRoleMembership>
<DoNotDropServices>True</DoNotDropServices>
<DoNotDropServerTriggers>True</DoNotDropServerTriggers>
<DoNotDropSignatures>True</DoNotDropSignatures>
<DoNotDropStoredProcedures>True</DoNotDropStoredProcedures>
<DoNotDropSymmetricKeys>True</DoNotDropSymmetricKeys>
<DoNotDropSynonyms>False</DoNotDropSynonyms>
<DoNotDropTableValuedFunctions>True</DoNotDropTableValuedFunctions>
<DoNotDropUserDefinedDataTypes>True</DoNotDropUserDefinedDataTypes>
<DoNotDropUserDefinedTableTypes>True</DoNotDropUserDefinedTableTypes>
<DoNotDropUsers>True</DoNotDropUsers>
<DoNotDropViews>True</DoNotDropViews>
<ExcludeUsers>True</ExcludeUsers>
<ExcludeLogins>True</ExcludeLogins>
<ProfileVersionNumber>1</ProfileVersionNumber>
<ExcludeFullTextCatalogs>True</ExcludeFullTextCatalogs>
<IgnoreIndexOptions>True</IgnoreIndexOptions>
<DoNotDropXmlSchemaCollections>True</DoNotDropXmlSchemaCollections>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Answer 1

The documentation states that DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource has a default value of true.

DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource=(BOOLEAN 'True')
Specifies whether extended properties that do not exist in the database snapshot (.dacpac) file will be dropped from the target database when you publish to a database.

So you need to set this to False in order to correct this problem.

Unfortunately, it seems like the SSDT user interface in Visual Studio is kind of trolling us, which is probably how you ended up in this situation.

By default, that DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource is set to True in the UI (which aligns with the documentation - good 👍):

When you check the "Drop objects in target but not in source" option, that bottom section gets disabled, and the list of "opt out" checkboxes is enabled:

This might make you feel like those options have been set to false, but they have not been - bad 👎

You'll need to manually uncheck them (first uncheck "drop objects in target but not in source", then uncheck the options at the bottom, then re-check "drop objects in target..."):

If you're not using the UI, then these are the elements that need to be added to the publish XML file:

<DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource>False</DropExtendedPropertiesNotInSource>
<DropConstraintsNotInSource>False</DropConstraintsNotInSource>
<DropDmlTriggersNotInSource>False</DropDmlTriggersNotInSource>
<DropIndexesNotInSource>False</DropIndexesNotInSource>

Unfortunately I can't reproduce the error you're getting (I'm testing with Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4.0 and SSDT 16.0.61911.11100), but I'm hopeful that adding those explicit "False" options will correct the problem.