VS2012 Saving views issue

Question

I have an odd issue with saving views in Server Explorer in VS 2012.
If I only select columns from the database tables I can add/remove columns and save the view.
If I add a calculated column I can save that view one time only, any subsequent changes to the view will not be saved but only as long as
any calculated column remains in the view design. It means that I have to copy the SQL, close Visual Studio, then re-open, past back the SQL to be able to subsequently save any view with calculated columns.
I did not get this in VS 2008
The below view will save one time only, take out the QuantityInStock calculation the view will be able to be changed and saved normally.
SELECT        TOP (100) PERCENT Floyd.dbo.StockItem.Code, Floyd.dbo.StockItem.Name, Floyd.dbo.StockItem.Description, Floyd.dbo.StockItem.ProductGroupID,
                         Floyd.dbo.Warehouse.Name AS Depot,
                         CAST(Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.ConfirmedQtyInStock + Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.UnconfirmedQtyInStock - Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.QuantityAllocatedStock
AS NUMERIC(36,
                          0)) AS QuantityInStock, Floyd.dbo.StockItem.CommodityCode, Floyd.dbo.StockItem.Weight, Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.DateOfLastSale,
                         Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.DateOfLastStockCount
FROM            Floyd.dbo.StockItem INNER JOIN
                         Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem ON Floyd.dbo.StockItem.ItemID = Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.ItemID INNER JOIN
                         Floyd.dbo.Warehouse ON Floyd.dbo.WarehouseItem.WarehouseID = Floyd.dbo.Warehouse.WarehouseID
ORDER BY Floyd.dbo.StockItem.Code

Answer 1

Hello,
Sorry for delay.
Did you try to specify "Is Persisted" property to 'Yes' in the Column Properties tab within Table Designer? the property allows us to save the computed column with the data source.
Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hx0xtfze(VS.80).aspx
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