
SQL Server Data Tools for Visual Studio 2013 - 3. Some guidance to people on how to solve this problem. However, I strongly recommend that you folks at Microsoft provide

I plan to revert back to SQL Server 2012 to test my ideas and move on. Wasted a few days going through this nonsense. In the final system, I plan to use SQLite as I DO NOT NEED a database with all the bells and whistles. ALL I am trying to do is to work on a database design and test it before coming up with the application package. However, when I type in the name of database ( in this case "Test") and hit OK, I get a message saying that the Server 2014 Version is NOT SUPPORTED. The program finds the server name without difficulty. Next, I went to Server Explorer and then attempted to creatyeĪ new database. For the database connection, I chose "mycomputername\SQLEXPRESS" as that is the way the instance is defined. In Visual Studio, I went to Tools and then options. Some features overlap but not all such as Schema Compare. In other words, SSDT is not a subset of SQL Server 2008 or even 2012.

I chose repair and indeed it seemed to install the appropriate data tools. SQL Server 2008 Management Studio even the Enterprise edition does not have all the capabilities of SSDT.

I must have had some data tools of some earlier vintage as I received the choice of "Repair" OR "Uninstall". I then followed your link shown above and downloaded theĭata tools. I installed Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express after downloading the program from the official website. Since then, I have gone through upgradeįirst, when I go to Extensions and Updates, I DO NOT find the data tools update for Server 2014. As I indicated earlier, I have Visual Studio 2013 Professional installed on a 64-bit computer running Windows 7 Home Premium (Visual Studio 2013 Professional obtained from an authorized vendor0.
