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 ...

I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...