Are you sure you opened Tools | Options from the VS menu? See the attached screen-shot for what it should look like (note that "Database Tools" is the last item shown in this screen-shot).

~~Bonnie



>Hi everybody,
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>When I try to create a new Database in App_Data folder using VS 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Express, I'm getting an error that SQL Server 2005 is required.
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>I found this thread http://forums.asp.net/p/1120411/3468446.aspx#3468446 however, when I go to Tools menu I only see a few options: General, Format, etc.
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>What do you have in your VS Tools menu and how can I try to apply this solution?
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>Thanks in advance.