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 ...

You can find a list of connection strings for the different drivers at www.connectionstrings.com. The code in these examples lets you connect to a database without preliminary generation of a DSN in ...

The Visual Basic 14 version looks like this: Me.txtErrorMessage.Text = String.Format("You must be in {statusLevel} status to update {operationTarget}.") Here's another string-related feature: ...