How to install LocalDB 2016 along with Visual Studio 2017?

Question

After installing Visual Studio 2017 with the SQL Server Data tools feature checked, I noticed LocalDB was not installed. How can I add SQL Server LocalDB 2016 to my Visual S

Answer 1

I know this is a little different that what is asked, but the symptom is similar so I'm posting this. I figured out what I was missing. I was following a tutorial on Pluralsight, Bethany's Pie Shop, "Building Your First ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC Application VS 2017", and tried running the solution downloaded. I had a failed login message... I re-watched a couple of the videos. This is what I was missing. I needed (in VS) to go to View->other windows->PkgMgrConsole - Make sure you've built the application (build solution at top of VS) - in console at bottom.... add-migration InitialMigration - in console.... update-database - run program

The person asking this didn't say how he got to the point that he thought he didn't have localDb installed. I checked, and I had it installed, but it was giving me a failed login message when I tried running the program without these steps.