When you call an ODBC connection without specifying enough information for the driver to connect to a SQL Server, the ODBC driver displays the SQL Server Login dialog box.

If the Registered Servers pane is not visible, select View > Registered Servers. In Registered Servers, right-click a server, point to Connect, and then select Object Explorer.

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 ...

SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.

In this article, we're talking about the SQL server connection failure: SQLstate 08001 error, and what you can do to fix the problem.

How do you connect Excel to an SQL server on the same network? Before we get into this, we’ll assume you’ve already set up an SQL Server and have your Excel spreadsheet ready to go.