"object reference" error on project load

I'm having a problem very similar to the one posted byDaniel Pratta few days ago.

Steps:
--Created an sql2k project.
--Imported schema.
--Fixed about 270 double-quote-to-single-quote errors.
--Upon having a clean project, save and close.
--Reopening takes a long, long time (probably around 15-20 minutes), and then i get the object reference error.

Project has a fair number of objects; about 1000 tables and around 3000 procs. I also tried copying all the contents of the "Schema Objects" folder in my project folder, creating a new project, importing schema again, and then overwriting the Schema Objects folder to avoid having to go through and manually fix the errors again. This just made vs.net hang until I had to kill the process about an hour later.

Other things of note:
As per R WayMire's suggestion to D Pratt, I uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled CTP. No difference.
I didn't see any sort of odd errors when closing out of VS.net after having a clean project. Nothing funny in application or system logs, either.

Doing the same thing with Northwind seems to work fine.

Anything else I can try? I know it's just a preview version, but I'd like to start being able to use it. Thanks.

[1695 byte] By [mcomroe] at [2008-2-15]
# 1
I'm experiencing the same symptoms.
rmann7 at 2007-9-10 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Database Professionals...
# 2
Found that even though, after import, I had only a handfull of Errors listed on the Errors tab; there were a slew of items in the object browser with red exclamation points (!) -- no indication for what any given error was. Most were on procs, triggers, and constraints. After deleting every object that had an exclamation point (verry slow by the way), I was able to save and re-open the project. -Ron
rmann7 at 2007-9-10 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Visual Studio Team System - Database Professionals...
# 3

Greetings,

This bug report on Microsoft Connect :- https://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/viewfeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=137843&siteid=210

Description:- Visual Studio Team System for Database Professionals (CTP3) bug in project parser when function or stored prcedure names column list in insert statement for table variable. Causes Object reference not set to an instance of an object error on opening the project.

May be the reason for your "object reference error".

Also I have found that you can delete (and add) objects quickly by unloading the project and finding the project files in "\Documents and Settings\<user>\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\<solution name>\<project name>\<project name>\Schema Objects".

There is a folder for each object type where you can delete, add or modify files in the folder. Then you can reload the project. It seems VSTE for DB Pros will reparse the project files on load.

I'm not sure this is recommended but it works for me:-)

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Regards,
Neale NOON

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