From 253f7774de7d72a5627b7ba507c0757e5f9a83c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kim Santiago <31145923+kisantia@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 15:26:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix can't find SQLCMD variable error (#12672)

* remove sqlcmd variable deletion verification

* check if sqlcmd variable exists first
---
 extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
index 88b0e6907a..527174223c 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
@@ -679,7 +679,9 @@ export class Project {
 
 	public addSqlCmdVariableToProjFile(entry: SqlCmdVariableProjectEntry): void {
 		// Remove any entries with the same variable name. It'll be replaced with a new one
-		this.removeFromProjFile(entry);
+		if (Object.keys(this.sqlCmdVariables).includes(entry.variableName)) {
+			this.removeFromProjFile(entry);
+		}
 
 		const sqlCmdVariableNode = this.projFileXmlDoc.createElement(constants.SqlCmdVariable);
 		sqlCmdVariableNode.setAttribute(constants.Include, entry.variableName);