In this repository I prototype spinning up an ephemeral SQL Server LocalDB instance for EF Core. This should be useful as a replacement for the in-memory provider most commonly used for tests. The ...

Become familiar with SQL Server Express LocalDB. Developers can use this lightweight Database Engine for writing and testing Transact-SQL code. For more information about the LocalDB API, see SQL ...

Having recently set up an old desktop as a dev machine in order to avoid trashing my main computer with evaluation software (don't get me started), I decided it was time to try out Visual Studio 11 ...

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LocalDB was created so that developers that use SQL Server no longer have to install and manage a full instance of SQL Server Express on their laptops or other machines. Plus, developers can take this ...

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