>>Are you saying if fails either way? With or without these components? Did you get it working before?
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>It works when the 2008 version of the files are installed. As soon as they are removed, an error is logged because ASP.NET complains that it cannot deal with the geospatial field:
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>"DataReader.GetFieldType(68) returned null."
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>...because of select command includes a field which is Geography.
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>>BTW, VS 2013 (or SQL Server 2012) somehow installed VS 2010. When I go to search and type 'Visual Studio' I get both VS 2013 and VS 2010 although I never installed myself VS 2010. After I got a new disk, I only installed SQL Server 2012 and VS 2013. Somehow the rest was installed by itself.
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>Yes, that is correct. Something is dependent on an old trace of VS 2010. I really haven't found the reason for that. But, it is annoying as it leads to confusion. I do not think however that this would cause any problem, nor related to this issue.

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