SQL Server Data Tool (SSDT) in Visual Studio 2012 not compatible with SQL Server 2012

Question

I cannot create a new SQL Server Database Project on my machine that have installed Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate and SQL Server 2012

I got the below error saying that the SQL Server runtime components not matched.

Do you have the same issue? And what is the work-around for this?

Answer 1

You need to download the latest version of SSDT from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/hh297027 (or by clicking the "Get the latest version" link in the error message). SSDT uses a shared component called DacFx, and when you installed SQL Server 2012 on your machine a newer version of DacFx was installed. Updating SSDT will ensure everything is compatible.

Note: Make sure you have a stable internet connection, otherwise you may have issues installing from the web installation and/or the .iso file download.

Answer 2

ISO file download is the problem. This is the second time I have seen the ISO image from MS website has this problem in 1 month. Some are corrupted there are no such files like ".be" prefix "." + file name. Bad file name caused everything.