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 ...

How to rename the database in a Visual Studio Project Mucking with XML Make sure the solution/project is saved. Inspect the .proj file for the element Update the value to the desired name. Save the ...

This chapter discusses inserting data into the database using the Visual Studio.NET design tools and wizards. It develops two methods to perform this data inserting: the TableAdapter DBDirect method ...

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

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