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 ...

Unfortunately, not every SQL database is always available when we expect it to be. When you're creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you ...

Ok, I have some database-driven pages that I take care of, using ASP and SQL Server 2000. I will be adding more, and if I can make changes that are beneficial, then that is good.<BR>There are 2 ways ...

describes the SqlConnection object and how to connect to a data base. Here are the objectives of this lesson: • Know what connection objects are used for. • Learn how to instantiate a SqlConnection ...

The sample data in SQL is provided by Microsoft's AdventureWorks training database, which can be provided both on your own SQL server and directly as an Azure SQL Database. Microsoft provides ...

This is a basic question that I think I know the answer to but I just wanted to double check the consensus view. <BR><BR>I've got a WinService written in C#/.NET 2.0. It's job is to be continually ...

If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. After you install Entity Framework in your application, if you ...

An SQL connection requires system resources for various processes and functions. When you need to terminate a connection due to system resource issues, security threats or connectivity problems, ...