#1192·migrate

(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB connection string url

Author: LieroCreated Nov 7, 2024Updated Jul 7, 2026

Is the MS SQL Server (localdb) supported?

I want to run CLI against following connection: Server=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=Test;Trusted_Connection=True;

I tried:

migrate -path=C:/migrations/ -database='sqlserver://user:password@(localdb)/MSSQLLocalDB?Database=Test' up error: failed to open database, "sqlserver://user:password@(localdb)/MSSQLLocalDB?Database=Test": no instance matching 'MSSQLLocalDB' returned from host '(localdb)'