How do I create a localdb in Visual Studio 2015?

Question

Till now, whenever I wanted to create a local sql database in visual studio, I'd fire it up, run the default page and try to log in. This would create it automatically. I just downloaded Community version 2015 and it is not creating a database, though it did create a connection string in the web.config

Answer 1

You need install LocalDB 64BIT\SqlLocalDB.msi from Microsoft's page. Here's a tutorial about the localdb connection

Open CMD and RUN this comand sqllocaldb info you need see (v12.0) if not, run this command:

sqllocaldb create "v12.0"

Answer 2

In my installation the SQL stuff was not installed by default. Maybe that's the case for you, too? Regard, Klaus