How to open the. MDF file when there is no SQL Server database, SQL. mdf

How to open the. MDF file when there is no SQL Server database, SQL. mdf

What if you find that you have not installed the SQL Server database while trying to open a. MDF database file? If Visual Studio 2005 or a later version is installed on your computer, you can open the. MDF database file without installing the SQL Server database. This document describes how to implement this method.

Solution:

Open Visual Studio 2005, click tools in the project → connect to the database, the data source will be changed, select,

Click OK. The following window is displayed:

Browse your mdf database file:

Click to open

Then click connection test.

Well, your database can be opened. Click OK next to it and check whether the window on the left of vs appears;

Click the plus sign before the data connection:

Note: This method can be implemented only when Visual Studio 2005 or a later version is installed.

This article describes how to open the. MDF database file without installing the SQL Server database. I hope this article will bring you some benefits. Thank you!