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+1  Q: 

Visual Studio 2008 doesn't connect to SQL Server 2008

When i try to establish a connection with SQL Server 2008 i am getting:

The server version is not supported. only servers up to SQL Server 2005 are supported.

What's wrong with this? is there a patch?

+4  A: 

Visual Studio 2008 came out in 2007, while SQL Server 2008 wasn't released until Late 2008. So although they have the same year in the names, there is a pretty big gap between them.

The current solution is to upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1

SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en

JamesMLV  2010-09-28 18:01:47
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc440724.aspx (MS Article about this)
JamesMLV  2010-09-28 18:02:51
@james thanks. i have visual studio 2008 professional. is that previous to the SP1?
i am a girl  2010-09-28 18:03:32
Yes, 'professional' is just the edition of Visual Studio that you have.
Jon  2010-09-28 18:06:19
Steve Townsend  2010-09-28 18:07:00
Yes. I put a link to the update in my post
JamesMLV  2010-09-28 18:07:01

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