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 ...
SQL Server is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft, but not every professional knows how to use it effectively. For example, some might find it difficult to create a stored procedure but ...
There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...
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 the ...
Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...
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 ...