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 ...

Click the "Add" button to create a new connection and start the connection wizard. Click the "SQL Native Client" in the list of drivers. The SQL client is included with the Windows 7 operating system.

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.