How to use local db in visual studio for mac 2017?

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I am using visual studio for Mac 2017 community edition.I was not able find the server explorer option to create a local db connection.

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I searched on google but could not get a proper solution

Posted 22-Oct-17 2:05am

SijoXavier

Updated 30-Oct-17 23:33pm

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter 22-Oct-17 8:23am

To what kind of db?

SijoXavier 31-Oct-17 5:25am

Local db inside visual studio

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2017-10-22T19:48:00

Solution 1

Follow this: Use the Visual Studio Code mssql extension for SQL Server | Microsoft Docs[^]

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Visual Studio Code is a graphical code editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows that supports extensions. The mssql extension for VS Code enables you to connect to SQL Server, query with Transact-SQL (T-SQL), and view the results.

Posted 22-Oct-17 19:48pm

Maciej Los

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SijoXavier 31-Oct-17 5:16am

Hi Maciej,thank you for your response,I was actually referring to the Visual studio 2017 for Mac not the visual studio Code.

Maciej Los 31-Oct-17 5:40am

Seems, you misuderstood me. There's nothing like "server explorer option to create a local db connection" in MacOS. There's no way to create local db. The only way to work around it is to use use external sql server.

SijoXavier 1-Nov-17 6:34am

Oh my bad ,Thanks a lot Maciej,will try for an external sql server for lunux option

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 2 · 2017-10-30T23:33:00

Solution 2

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LocalDB is a lightweight version of the SQL Server Express Database Engine

And even there is Visual Studio for Mac there is no LocalDB for Mac...
You have to look for an other kind of database, that supported on Mac...

Posted 30-Oct-17 23:33pm

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter