What is this error? "Unable to add data connection. Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture."

Question

I am trying to add a data connection to my project but everytime I add a new data connection I keep getting this error message:

I have repaired and restarted Visual Studio but I still keep getting this message. Does anyone know what this means?

Answer 1

Looks like it is a bug in a most recent release version of Visual Studio. Details, work around, and plan to fix here: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Could-not-find-any-resources-appropriate/1505966

Namely, the work around is to copy Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.SqlServer from the previous good version into C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE. You can find this file here: https://aka.ms/dc/file?name=Bca7bb94432284501a611a5e99c16736e637648143331623050_Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Providers.SqlServer.zip&tid=ca7bb94432284501a611a5e99c16736e637648143331623050.

Per the link above: "A fix for this issue has been internally implemented and is being prepared for release."