LOCALDB_ERROR_INSTANCE_EXISTS_WITH_LOWER_VERSION

Applies to: SQL Server

Details

Attribute	Value
Product Name	SQL Server
Event ID	258
Event Source	SQL Server Local Database Runtime 12.0
Component	Local Database Runtime API
Message Text	Unable to create the Local Database instance with specified version. An instance with the same name already exists, but it has lower version than the specified version.

Explanation

The specified instance already exists but its version is lower than requested.

User action

Delete the existing instance and retry the operation.