Visual Studio 19 无法识别 ASP.NET 的 SQL Server 2012

Question

I want to run an ASP.NET project on VS 19 but whenever I open it, it shows an error dialog box that “this project requires SQL Server 2012 which is not installed on this computer” - but SQL Server 2012 is installed with all services running.

And database cannot be created showing an error

A network related or instance specific error

I guess Visual Studio 19 is somehow not recognising SQL Server 2012 services and I can't figure out how to fix it.

Also tried to disable firewall and enable all TCP/UDP Connections but of no use, kindly help as it's very frustrating.

Answer 1

I'm sorry for using sloppy naming schemes as i'm new to Stack Overflow.

Installing SQL Express LocalDB helped me solve the problem, i thought i had it installed from the SQL Express tools availableMicrosoft SQL Download , but the SQL Express LocalDB was missing. It sounds stupid, but it is what it is, hope it helps anyone else.