Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

In early November 2021, Microsoft announced the private preview of its flagship database product, SQL Server 2022. (You can read the full announcement blog post at ...

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. After you install Entity Framework in your application, if you ...