To establish a connection to a localdb in Visual Studio, such as "Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb; Database=IdentityDB," follow these steps:
- Go to Server Explorer > right-click on Data Connections > select Add Connection...
- Manually input the server name as (localdb)\mssqllocaldb (with only one slash) > The newly created database with the name IdentityDB will be automatically populated.
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