ASP.NET Web Api: Project requires SQL Server Express

Question

I created a Web API project under VS 2010. After I switched to VS 2012, I always get a warning:

The Web project \'xxx\' requires SQL Server Express, whcih

Answer 1

you can also change the connection string to the new SQL 2014+ syntax "Data Source=(LocalDb)\MSSQLLocalDB;..." if you have a later version of SQL Express local db installed.