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public static void CreateTables() { string createTablesQuery = @" CREATE TABLE Users ( Id INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1), Username NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE, Email NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, CreatedAt DATETIME2 DEFAULT GETDATE() ); CREATE TABLE Products ( Id INT PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1), Name NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, Price DECIMAL(18,2) NOT NULL, Stock INT DEFAULT 0 );"; using (var connection = new SqlConnection(@"Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyApp;Trusted_Connection=true;")) { connection.Open(); using (var command = new SqlCommand(createTablesQuery, connection)) { command.ExecuteNonQuery(); Console.WriteLine("Tables created successfully!"); } } } } // appsettings.json { "ConnectionStrings": { "DefaultConnection": "Server=(localdb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyAppDb;Trusted_Connection=true;MultipleActiveResultSets=true" } } // DbContext configuration in Program.cs (.NET 6+) using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

// DbContext class public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext { public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options) { } localdb mssqllocaldb

// Attach a specific MDF file "Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;AttachDbFileName=C:\Data\MyDatabase.mdf;Database=MyDatabase;Trusted_Connection=true;" # Check if LocalDB is installed sqllocaldb info Create a new LocalDB instance sqllocaldb create "MyInstance" Start the LocalDB instance sqllocaldb start "MyInstance" Get connection string for the instance sqllocaldb info "MyInstance" Stop the instance sqllocaldb stop "MyInstance" Delete the instance sqllocaldb delete "MyInstance" List all instances sqllocaldb i 3. C# - Create Database Programmatically using System.Data.SqlClient; public class LocalDBSetup { private const string ConnectionString = @"Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Trusted_Connection=true;"; Username NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE