I built new computer with windows 7 professional. Have VS 2008 Professional Edition. I had built a website on the old computer (Win. XP) with a database. Not sure if I used the included SQL Server 2005 developer disc or the 2005 express when I built it. Its been working since 2010.
Now that I've copied it all to new machine (Win 7 professional) , i've had various problems. New machine (with new intel processor and Asus MB programs installed among other things SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 which was needed for its programs.
But when i copies my Visual Studio files, I installed 2005 SQL server express with the Visual Studio 2008 (which is what comes with it). (I didn't install the separate SQL server 2005 developer disk) I then had to search and figure out how to
get SQL Server Mgt Studio Express to install and finally accomplished that using c: prompt & adminstrator rights. (I downloaded "SQLServer2005_SSMSEE_x64.msi" )
Now, that I have VS finding my project file (another issue I had to resolve), it won't connect to my database. (Again, not sure which version I used to create that database since I had two versions, the sql 2005 express and SQL Server 2005 developer edition. )
The error message I am getting is: " The database '' ..." cannot be opened because it is version 655. This server supports version 612 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported.
What is the simplest way to fix this?
Thanks,