mysql2008实例失败,错误：无法生成SQL Server的用户实例

I'm trying to connect to an MDF. I've even gone to the lengths of re-installing sql server express entirely (it is now the only flavor of SQL installed on my box, where previously I had 05 dev and express). I've verified that the paths are all correct, and thus far my google-fu hasn't helped.

The Full exception message is:

Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in

starting the process for the user instance. The connection will be

closed.

The Connection string is:

connectionString="metadata=res://*/Data.CustomerModel.csdl|res://*/Data.CustomerModel.ssdl|res://*/Data.CustomerModel.msl;

provider=System.Data.SqlClient;

provider connection string='Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;

AttachDbFilename=\App_Data\CustomerDb.mdf;

Integrated Security=True;

User Instance=True'"

providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />

Additional info:

Several of the references to this error I've found online do not apply to me. For example, one I've seen is where this error occurs when trying to start the user instance over remote desktop (I'm doing this locally). While another suggests that it has to do with leftover files from an old express installation ... I've looked in the prescribed locations and not found those artifacts. I also tried running sp_configure 'user instances enabled', '1', but it said that it was already set to 1.

解决方案

ok, it works now! guess it was a compound problem ... the steps I took to resolve it are as such:

Changed the following property in the connection string (note the subtle difference): AttachDbFilename=|DataDirectory|CustomerDb.mdf;

Deleted the contents of the following directory: c:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Data\SQLEXPRESS. I thought I had looked for this before, but I had actually looked in the Microsoft Sql Server folder. Again, a subtle difference.

Once I did these two things, the connection started working :-D