I have a laptop running Windows 7, and on it I have Visual Studio Express 2013 for web, and SQL Server Management Studio (SQL Server 2012)
When Connecting Object Explorer in SSMS I have two Server names to choose from: THEMACBOOK\SQLSERVERANDTOOL or THEMACBOOK\SQLEXPRESS
THEMACBOOK\SQLSERVERANDTOOL is version SQL Server 11.0.2100 and THEMACBOOK\SQLEXPRESS is version 10.5.2500
I have a local copy of a website with and aspnetdb.mdf file in its App_Data folder.
I can make a connection to that file in Management Studio if I choose the THEMACBOOK\SQLSERVERANDTOOL , but I cannot make a connection to it using the THEMACBOOK\SQLEXPRESS choice ( I get a message "the database cannot be opened because it is version 706. The server supports 663 and earlier --- Error 948"
OK, so in SSMS I use the \sqkserverandtool instance, no problem
The problem: When I open my website in VWD and look at the Server Explorer, it shows TheMacBook as the server. In Solution Explorer, I right click and try to Open the aspnetdb.mdf database I get the same error message as above that I got when trying to make a connection with SSMS using the THEMACBOOK\SQLEXPRESS choice.
It is as if VWD is trying to use the older version of SQLServer instead of the newer one.
How can I force VWD to use THEMACBOOK\SQLSERVERANDTOOL instead of THEMACBOOK\SQLEXPRESS ?
In VWD, under Servers, I tried to add THEMACBOOK\SQLSERVERANDTOOL which was not accepted.
And suggestions would be appreciated