Learn more about System.Transactions integration with SQL Server, which exposes transactions in a way that is fully integrated in .NET Framework. .NET Framework version 2.0 introduced a transaction ...

The year 2016 will see the end of "extended support" for some Microsoft products. Losing extended support this month will be some older Internet Explorer browser versions, as well as some .NET ...

Security risks will be a major concern for companies using some versions of .NET Framework and SQL Server after extended support ends some time this year. Microsoft will be ending extended support for ...

Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" All versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural code that executes inside the database. The usual way is ...

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Open() method in SqlConnection throws SqlException when connecting to named instance of SQL Server. This only happen when the client is a .Net Core app. It connects correctly for .Net Framework ...

Last month we looked at the upcoming MS SQL Server 2005 Beta 2. In this version, the programmability of SQL Server is not anymore restricted only to SQL statements. You can now create solutions in SQL ...