The following diagram shows the expected run-time behavior of specific type mappings when data is retrieved from or saved to the database. With the exception of serialization, LINQ to SQL does not ...

If you specified a data type mapping that may not succeed in the Mappings list of the Column Mappings dialog box, the [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Import and Export Wizard shows the Review Data Type Mapping ...

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

SQL Bulk Insert has been tuned over the years to work well with the Microsoft .NET Framework. This tutorial shows you how to take advantage of its power.

Last month we looked at the upcoming MS SQL Server 2005 Beta 2. In this version, the programmability of SQL Server is not anymore restricted only to SQL statements. You can now create solutions in SQL ...

Furthermore, this will help avoid unnecessary data movement and latency when data must be retrieved from SQL Server and moved into the app tier to do the business logic processing. Why open source?