How to connect to SqlExpress for Entity Framework using Visual Studio 2010 Express?

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Hi everyone,

I'm trying to use the Visual Studio 2010 Express editions to set up an ASP.NET MVC 2 Web Application using SqlExpress + Entity Framework as the data access. I have both the "C# Edition" and "Web Developer Edition" installed.

If I try to add a data source using the "C# edition", I'm missing the "Microsoft SQL Server" data source type.

Visual Studio 2010 Express Screenshot

but Visual Studio 2008 Professional has it.

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Screenshot

as noted by another StackOverflow question, the "Web Developer Edition" has this. However, the Web Developer Edition doesn't support the Entity Framework items: EntityFramework .

I'd want to stick with only the Express Editions. Is my use case one that Microsoft forgot about? What can I do here to use SqlExpress + MVC 2 + Entity Framework?

Thanks!

-Mike

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