Top "Localdb" questions

LocalDB is a lightweight deployment option for SQL Server Express Edition with the same features but with a simple installation.

How to connect to SQL Server LocalDB using Invoke-Sqlcmd?

I have sqlcmd.exe from both SQLServer 2008 and SQLServer 2012: PS C:\> Get-Command sqlcmd.exe Definition ---------- C:\Program Files\…

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LocalDB database on fly for entity framework code first

is possible to create an mdf file on fly (at runtime) and use it with entity framework 6 in a code …

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How to prevent SQL Server LocalDB auto shutdown?

I'm using SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB. Instances seem to stop automatically after 10 minutes if there is no activity on them. …

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Recreate and Reseed LocalDb Before Each Unit Test

I'm attempting to write unit/integration tests for my ASP.NET Web API project and struggling to run each test …

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How to detach a LocalDB (SQL Server Express) file in code

When using LocalDB .mdf files in deployment you will often want to move, delete or backup the database file. It …

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SQL Server CE and Visual Studio 2013

So we now know that SQL Server CE is no longer supported with Visual Studio 2013. We can get some access …

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Reset EF code-first database in LocalDB

I am using Entity Framework 5.0 RC with the LocalDB database that comes pre-configured with VS 2012 RC for some prototyping and …

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Cannot connect to LocalDB

I am trying to run an IIS-hosted app (in the form of a Movie Database) to teach myself how to …

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Purpose of ProjectsV13 LocalDB instance

According to this answer, SQL Server Data Tools uses a private LocalDB instance ProjectsV13, which you're not supposed to use …

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Origin of MSSqlLocalDB and ProjectsV##

I previously had only SQL version 12 of both (localdb)\ProjectsV12 and (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB This is when I had VS 2015 Update 1 …

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