He shows the new utilities and code used to configure SQL Server 2005, including demonstrations of code used to create the new SqlConnectionStringBuilder. You'll learn how to discover data source ...

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 ...

An instance of the [!INCLUDEssDEnoversion]. You can save connections to specific servers in Registered Servers, or you can save connections in projects with Solution Explorer. When you register a ...

Connect to your SQL Server instance, then in the object explorer pane drill down and highlight a container, such as Tables. Then click View => Object Explorer Details from the top menu bar.

This article includes some tips and tricks for using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This article shows you how to: To test the steps provided in this article, you need SQL Server Management ...

Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...