The selected connection uses an unsupported database provider This message appears when you drag items that do not use the .NET Framework Data Provider for SQL Server from Server Explorer or Database ...

Save and edit connection strings in .NET Framework application development with Visual Studio, or edit a connection string directly in application settings. This article provides guidance for handling ...

Peter learns something by listening to readers: Visual Studio database projects provide a great environment for making changes to your databases. Here's a brief introduction about how they'll make ...

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 ...

Developers familiar with Test-Driven Development would like to continue their familiar Red-Green-Refactor cycle even when working with Stored Procedures. Cory Foy shows how to use Visual Studio ...

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults.

A new database-oriented tool in Visual Studio Team System will let programmers more easily make, test changes to database designs.