OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Support for LocalDB
Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Beginning in SQL Server 2012 (11.x), a lightweight version of SQL Server, called LocalDB, will be available. This article discusses how to connect to a database in a LocalDB instance.
Remarks
For more information about LocalDB, including how to install LocalDB and configure your LocalDB instance, see:
LocalDB allows you to:
Use
sqllocaldb.exe i
to discover the name of the default instance.Use the
AttachDBFilename
connection string keyword to specify which database file the server should attach. When usingAttachDBFilename
, if you don't specify the name of the database with theDatabase
connection string keyword, the database will be removed from the LocalDB instance when the application closes.Specify a LocalDB instance in your connection string:
SERVER=(localdb)\v11.0
If necessary, you can create a LocalDB instance with sqllocaldb.exe. You can also use sqlcmd.exe to add and modify databases in a LocalDB instance. For example, sqlcmd -S (localdb)\v11.0
.