diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/utils.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/utils.ts
index 0331318f34..8cd2c33e0f 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -689,3 +689,25 @@ export function throwIfNotConnected(connectionResult: azdataType.ConnectionResul
 		throw new Error(`${connectionResult.errorMessage} (${connectionResult.errorCode})`);
 	}
 }
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether or not the provided file contains a create table statement
+ * @param fullPath full path to file to check
+ * @param projectTargetVersion target version of sql project containing this file
+ * @returns true if file includes a create table statement, false if it doesn't
+ */
+export async function fileContainsCreateTableStatement(fullPath: string, projectTargetVersion: string): Promise<boolean> {
+	let containsCreateTableStatement = false;
+
+	if (getAzdataApi() && await exists(fullPath)) {
+		const dacFxService = await getDacFxService() as mssql.IDacFxService;
+		try {
+			const result = await dacFxService.parseTSqlScript(fullPath, projectTargetVersion);
+			containsCreateTableStatement = result.containsCreateTableStatement;
+		} catch (e) {
+			console.error(getErrorMessage(e));
+		}
+	}
+
+	return containsCreateTableStatement;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
index 03575f1090..39169b1303 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-database-projects/src/models/project.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import * as utils from '../common/utils';
 import * as xmlFormat from 'xml-formatter';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as UUID from 'vscode-languageclient/lib/utils/uuid';
-import * as mssql from 'mssql';
 
 import { Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { EntryType, IDatabaseReferenceProjectEntry, IProjectEntry, ISqlProject, ItemType, SqlTargetPlatform } from 'sqldbproj';
@@ -328,20 +327,10 @@ export class Project implements ISqlProject {
 		const fileEntries: FileProjectEntry[] = [];
 		for (let f of Array.from(filesSet.values())) {
 			const typeEntry = entriesWithType.find(e => e.relativePath === f);
-			let containsCreateTableStatement = false;
 
 			// read file to check if it has a "Create Table" statement
 			const fullPath = path.join(utils.getPlatformSafeFileEntryPath(this.projectFolderPath), utils.getPlatformSafeFileEntryPath(f));
-
-			if (utils.getAzdataApi() && await utils.exists(fullPath)) {
-				const dacFxService = await utils.getDacFxService() as mssql.IDacFxService;
-				try {
-					const result = await dacFxService.parseTSqlScript(fullPath, this.getProjectTargetVersion());
-					containsCreateTableStatement = result.containsCreateTableStatement;
-				} catch (e) {
-					console.error(utils.getErrorMessage(e));
-				}
-			}
+			const containsCreateTableStatement = await utils.fileContainsCreateTableStatement(fullPath, this.getProjectTargetVersion());
 
 			fileEntries.push(this.createFileProjectEntry(f, EntryType.File, typeEntry ? typeEntry.typeAttribute : undefined, containsCreateTableStatement));
 		}