LocalDB is a developer oriented, on-demand managed instance of the SQL Server engine that can be turned on automatically when needed and turned off when not in use. It requires no configuration to run ...

There is no separate header file for the SQL Server Express LocalDB instance API; the LocalDB function signatures and error codes are defined in the Microsoft OLE DB ...

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Having recently set up an old desktop as a dev machine in order to avoid trashing my main computer with evaluation software (don't get me started), I decided it was time to try out Visual Studio 11 ...

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