When I try to add a database to a web application project in the web_data folder I get this error: "Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49251"
I have VS2008 SP1 and SQL Express 2008 x64 installed on Vista Business x64.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. With the increasing size of projects, development needs to move from 32-bit to a 64-bit platform so as to give Visual Studio (still 32-bit regrettably) as much free memory to work in as possible.
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SQL Express 2008 x64 integration with Visual Studio 2008
Jan 15, 2009 08:58 PM|LINK
When I try to add a database to a web application project in the web_data folder I get this error:
"Connections to SQL Server files (*.mdf) require SQL Server Express 2005 to function properly. Please verify the installation of the component or download from the URL: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49251"
I have VS2008 SP1 and SQL Express 2008 x64 installed on Vista Business x64.
According to the following bug report VS2008 tries to look for the 32-bit instance of SQL Express 2008: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=361718
Any idea on how to get the x64 version of SQL 2008 up and running in Visual Studio 2008?
Hope somebody can help me.
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Re: SQL Express 2008 x64 integration with Visual Studio 2008
Jan 19, 2009 01:04 PM|LINK
It looks like there are even more problems coming up in Windows 7 when running VS2008 in a x64 environment:
http://blogs.iis.net/brian-murphy-booth/archive/2009/01/15/the-application-data-folder-for-visual-studio-could-not-be-created.aspx
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Re: SQL Express 2008 x64 integration with Visual Studio 2008
Jan 23, 2009 04:00 PM|LINK
StievieD
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. With the increasing size of projects, development needs to move from 32-bit to a 64-bit platform so as to give Visual Studio (still 32-bit regrettably) as much free memory to work in as possible.
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Re: SQL Express 2008 x64 integration with Visual Studio 2008
Feb 04, 2009 06:40 PM|LINK
It looks like MS released a fix for this problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/957944