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 ...

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an ... is not installed by default when SQL Server is installed. Microsoft offers the tool as ...

Create a new table from the results of two ... When working with databases other than Microsoft's SQL Server, check the manual to see if it supports SELECT INTO. It might support the syntax ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of the history of your data. Here's how to retrieve that historical data. In an earlier column, I showed how ...