LocalDB is a special, low impact version of the SQL Server engine, that is not installed as a Windows Service, but launched (made to run) on demand by the ADO.NET client opening a connection to it. It …

Disregard my original answer: "With SQL Server 2014 Express LocalDB, use (localdb)\ProjectsV12. This works in both Visual Studio 2013 and SQL Server 2014 Management Studio." While ProjectsV12 will …

I tried every way to connect Visual Studio's Server Explorer to LocalDB. The wizard cannot locate (localdb) or cannot find any provider in Server Explorer to accept connection string like …

Oct 29, 2024 · SQL Server 2016 Express localdb.msi offline installer Asked 8 years, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 1 month ago Viewed 102k times

Apr 27, 2014 · first Download the Installer, then install SQL server express (including loacaldb), after that check the localdb installation then connect to localdb using SQL server management studio (SSMS).

Apr 6, 2017 · 97 I have downloaded the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2016 to recover a huge .bak file which is an old backup of a database. But first of all I need to connect to a DB Server. …

Sep 14, 2016 · I am confused about SQL Server Express. I need to verify all of the following. When attaching database files in the App_Data folder, do I still need to install SQL Server Express engine …

In the application I am using a Sql Server localdb connection to a database to store information. This is working fine on several computers, all of which have Visual Studio installed. I would like to deploy a …

Apparently, when Microsoft installs SQL Server / SQL Express on your device, it attempts to install a default instance of the server as a specialized type called a "LocalDB Automatic Instance".

Mar 10, 2013 · In SQL Server 2014 Express you connect to it using server name " (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB", just as you would connect to any ordinary database server. If you …