cannot be opened because it is version 782. this server supports version 706 and earlier

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Hi Friends,

I am using

Visual Studio Ultimate 2012
SQL Server 2014

In my MVC4 application I added a new item ADO.NET Entity Data Model (.edmx file).

While Testing the connection i am getting following error

The database 'C:/pubs.mdf' cannot be opened because it is version 782. This server supports version 706 and earlier. A downgrade path is not supported

Should i use lower SQL server version instead of 2014?

please help me on this?

Posted 4-Jun-15 17:44pm

Bhagavan Raju

Updated 14-Jul-19 23:36pm

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Mostafa Asaduzzaman · Answer 1 · 2015-06-04T18:20:00

My guess is that pubs.mdf file is created by high version and opened in a low version tool. Because Version 782 is a database file from Sql Server 2014, Version 706 is a database file from Sql Server 2012.

you can try this: Tools > Options > Database Tools > Data Connections > SQL Server Instance Name

Set “SQL Server Instance Name” to “(LocalDB)\MSSQLLocalDB”

See also:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26346647/the-database-cannot-be-opened-because-it-is-version-782-this-server-supports-ve

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/ie/en-US/239ef852-653d-4cbc-94a5-c2a4b201a0b0/sql-server-2014-database-error-in-visual-studio-2012?forum=visualstudiogeneral

Hope this will help