Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo issue

Question

I have a .NET 2.0 project and I get the following error when I try to compile some projects that use SMO:

The primary reference "Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91, processorArchitecture=MSIL" could not be resolved because it has an indirect dependency on the framework assembly "System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" which could not be resolved in the currently targeted framework. ".NETFramework,Version=v2.0".

To resolve this problem, either remove the reference "Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91, processorArchitecture=MSIL" or retarget your application to a framework version which contains "System.Core, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089".

Can someone help. I don't want to move the projects to .NET 3.5 because of this.

Thanks

Answer 1

As the exceptions says the current reference assembly needs .NET 3.5. You must downgrade Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo which support .NET 2.0.