It was not possible to connect SQL Server 2008 to Visual Studio 2005 so far. Microsoft has released Service Pack once it is installed SQL Server 2008 can be connected to Visual Studio 2005.
Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Support
For connecting SQL Server 2008 to Visual Studio 2008.




Hello, I’ve read this, and i’ve 2 versions of visual studio 2005 and 2008 ,, i had created sql compact edtion on 2008 and now i need to make a connection from vs2005 .. while this i get this error message : Invalied database version [Db version = 3505053 , Requested version = 3004180].
plz if you’ve any idea regarding this error let me know..
thanks ,
arwa