Cannot create databases on this server

The Visual Studio .NET Professional edition can only create a database on the SQL Server Desktop Engine. If you want to create a database on other Microsoft SQL Server instances, you must purchase the Enterprise edition of Visual Studio .NET.

To correct this error

  1. Create a new database using the SQL Server Desktop Engine.

See Also

Other Resources

Understanding Visual Database Tools (Visual Database Tools)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance