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Server Explorer/Database Explorer is the server management console for Visual Studio.

Server Explorer/Database Explorer is the server management console for Visual Studio. It is used to to open data connections and to log on to servers and explore their databases and system services.

Note: In the Visual Studio Express products, this window is named Database Explorer. In all other Visual Studio products, this window is named Server Explorer.

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How to connect to LocalDB in Visual Studio Server Explorer?

I can't believe I couldn't find a working solution to this after an hour of searching. I'm following this article on Entity Framework 6.0 which gives a simple walk-through on Code First. I created the project and installed the latest EF Nuget…
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The specified module could not be found. Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E

Im getting the following message on a messagebox shown from visual studio when I try to do any modifications on an sql server database from visual studio's server explorer on my 64bit machine at home. The database was created and filled on a 32bit…
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Visual Studio Adding Data Connections - Given Key not Present in the Dictionary

I've read through a couple of previous similar questions and none seem to provide a fix. So I ask again. I'm using Visual Studio and am trying to connect to a DB in Server Explorer. Regardless of what database I try to connect to it gives a "Given…
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Management Classes missing in Visual Studio Server Explorer

I have an issue in Visual Studio 2015 (Professional 64-bit). In my Server Explorer, I connect to my local host and I can see Event Logs Message Queues Performance Counters Services What I seem to miss here, is Management Classes. On my previous PC…
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VS 2010 Server Explorer Database Showing No Tables

I'm working on a .Net application that needs to read from an Oracle 10g database behind Siebel. In VS 2010 Server Explorer, I've created a connection using the OracleClient type connector with a reference to the Oracle TNS service name as the…
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How can I set the default double click action in Server Explorer?

In Visual Studio 2012 (and previous versions), if you double click a table in the Server Explorer the table design view opens. I rarely use this, as I am not responsible for the database definition in my current project. What I would like to have…
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Why do deleted data connections come back in Visual Studio?

In Visual Studio 2008, I have database connections in the Server Explorer window that point to SQL Server databases installed locally on my PC. When I delete one of the connections in goes, but next time I start Visual Studio is is back again. Does…
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Server name not displayed in visual studio server explorer

Any ideea why my local sever is not displaed in the drop down list where u select the server name? Thx!
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Why doesn't OR designer let me drag tables to design surface?

I have a database hosted at somee.com I have added a new connection in Server Explorer in VS 2012 and the test connection was successful. I can also successfully see the tables in the SE and any changes made to the database from the admin panel @…
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Oracle Custom Class Wizard fails to generate custom c# class from Oracle User Defined Datatype

I am trying to generate custom .NET classes from an Oracle User-Defined Type from Visual Studio Server Explorer (Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio and Oracle Data Provider for .NET are installed). I created a basic User Defined Type using…
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Visual Studio - How can I automatically close server data connections on build?

Is there a way to automatically close the open server connections in the Server Explorer panel in Visual Studio 2010? I'm using EF and a contextInitializer which always drops the database when building (testing stuff). 70% of the time I forget to…
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Visual Studio 2010 can't delete data connection

I'm on Windows 7, using Visual Studio 2010 SP1. I created a database connection and its not being used any longer. I want to simply delete the connection. I keep get an error saying: "The given key was not present in the dictionary." There is…
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T4 Template Consume connection from Server Explorer

I am trying to build a item template that generates database models and a database context without storing the connection information in the source code. I have successfully interfaced a item template wizard with server explorer and can set a…
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How to create a context menu for an instance of database in SQL Server object explorer

I'm trying to create an extension that has a context menu for an instance of a database in SQL Server Object Explorer using Visual Studio 2017. For that, I need the GUID and id of SQL Server Object Explorer in Visual Studio. I'm tried the same in…
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Can't find server explorer Microsoft Visual Studio 2015

I'm trying to make a C# application and I need the server explorer but I can't find it when I click on View menu. I am using Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2015. Is it disabled or did I do something wrong?
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