Visual Studio 2008 doesn't connect to SQL Server 2008

Question

When i try to establish a connection with SQL Server 2008 i am getting:

The server version is not supported. only servers up to SQL Server 2005 are supported.

What's wrong with this? is there a patch?

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2008 came out in 2007, while SQL Server 2008 wasn't released until Late 2008. So although they have the same year in the names, there is a pretty big gap between them.

The current solution is to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en