将Visual Studio设置为创建SQL Server 2005支持的mdf文件

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2010 and I added service–based database ( .mdf file ) to my project.

The issue is that in the deployment server we have only SQL Server 2005 BUT SQL Server 2005 doesn't support the .mdf file that Visual Studio 2010 created.

I can't change the SQL Server in the deployment server so my question is there any why to tell Visual Studio to create an .mdf file that SQL Server 2005 supports?

If so - what will be the impact to my code

Answer 1

You can always export the SQL script of your database out of any server version and execute the script on another (including lower) version of the server.

Since the script can contain both metadata and actual data, this option should make your database compatible with SQL 2005 even if you use a newer version on the development machine.