Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to ...

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 ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

You must have key connection information to connect any application with a data source (database), including Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle RDBMS, and others. The connection information includes ...

We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect ...

How to Attach an SQL Database to a Web Page. Your Web page can display up-to-date information dynamically -- all the time. And you never have to edit the page again. Attach your SQL database to ...

In early November 2021, Microsoft announced the private preview of its flagship database product, SQL Server 2022. At some point in 2022, we will see SQL Server 2022 released as a general availability ...

In Part 2 of this article, I present the source code for a Visual Basic program to generate a SQL script to efficiently delete all data from a database according to the current configuration and ...