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 ...

In this third example, you use a DSN-less connection to connect to the data source. In this type of connection, you specify all necessary information (the driver, the server, the database name, and ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

If you're working in a code-first mode, this element eliminates the need for you to define a database and create a connection string for your DbContext object. Instead, the first time you access your ...

We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect ...

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data centers ...

Create a set of variables in the VB6 file to hold database connection information, including a connection variable, a record variable and a string variable to store and send SQL commands:Dim ...

Click the "Add" button to create a new connection and start the connection wizard. Click the "SQL Native Client" in the list of drivers. The SQL client is included with the Windows 7 operating system.

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...