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 ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks.

You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the SQL Server database without re-entering the server information.

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of changes to your data. Here's how to both create those tables and alter existing tables so they track the ...

Microsoft's premade templates allows for the deployment of SQL databases without having to use complex PowerShell commands.

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...

SQL Servers allow the import or export of database diagrams to another database. All the information related to a database is stored in the dtproperties table. Therefore, to import or export a ...

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of the history of your data. Here's how to retrieve that historical data. In an earlier column, I showed how ...

This guide will walk you through the process of installing a database, configuring the database for remote access, and then creating a database and giving ...