To do this, we need to open the SQL Server Management Studio from the Start Menu. You see a connection box where every field will be populated automatically, you have to click on Connect to continue.

To connect to an Access database using SQL, you first need to create an ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) data source that points to the Access database. This will allow you to connect 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 ...

Learn how to connect to Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance by using Visual Studio Code. Then, run Transact-SQL (T-SQL) statements to query and edit data. Visual Studio Code is a ...

Fresh on the heels of SQL Server 2014 being released to manufacturing, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team yesterday announced support for the new version, along with numerous other enhancements..

Launch SQL Server Management Studio. The Management Studio program starts and displays the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Click a server entry from the list displayed in the dialog box.

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 ...