

I tried manually removing it using Control Panel>Programs but that too fails. The SQLLocalDB info command can be used at any time to determine the state of an instance, whether it is running or not: C:\> SqlLocalDB.exe info MyLocalDBĪdditional info on creating & connecting to a LocalDB instance can be found on . However, I really just wanted SQL 2016 anyway and not 2017. You might need to use docker pull /mssql/server:2017-latest-ubuntu to download SQL Server 2017. Depending on your installed version, the path may vary (in this example, 130 is SQL Server 2016, but you would use 1, etc): C:\> cd "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Tools\Binn" You can also create an explicitly named instance using the SQLLocalDB.exe command line utility. To connect to that instance, you would use a connection string like "Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB Integrated Security=true". In this article, I am going to explain how to install the SQL Server Express edition.

LocalDB has an "automatic" instance that is tied to current user. SQL Server Express 2012 SQL Server Express 2014 SQL Server Express 2016 SQL Server Express 2017 SQL. Additional details of differences are included in this article. Download your desired SQL Server Express version. In most cases, unless there's specific functionality in LocalDB that you need, I'd suggest running the "regular" Express Edition-as you can avoid quirks like the one you're running into. On the Additional settings tab, choose Sample as the existing data under Data source: Select Create to create your new SQL Database, which is the restored copy of the AdventureWorksLT database. Fill in the requested information to create your database. LocalDB is a quirky flavor of SQL Server. Select Databases and then select SQL Database.
