I'm trying to update an ASP.NET Web Forms application (not written by me) from .NET 3/SQL 2005 to .NET 4.5/SQL 2014. I'm running VS 2014 on Windows 8.1.
Originally, I set the project development environment up to use IISExpress and LocalDB, but I couldn't get that running. After several days poking around the forums and application.config, I couldn't find anything that addressed my issues, so I decided to install IIS. I changed the project Web properties to target the local IIS Server, I immediately got the message "This project uses SQL Server LocalDB. Microsoft recommends that you use SQL Server Express with IIS."
Okay, I can handle that. I installed SQL Server 2014 Express (eventually...the download link in the dialog is incorrect), attached the database to the server, and changed the connection string in web.config to
Data Source=ZEUS\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=TMS;Integrated Security=True
So far, so still not working...I'm still getting that <insert swear word here> message about LocalDB. I've cleaned the solution, re-started my machine...nothing changes.
I can find lots of stuff about how to upgrade from SQL Express to LocalDB, and a blog or two about how to deploy LocalDB (but the instructions seem out of date). NOTHING on how to go the other way.
Anybody have any ideas? I'm going nuts here...worse, going broke, because I can't bill my time until I resolve this, so assistance will earn undying gratitude...
Rebecca M. Riordan