If you just want to get going with a code-first database, you don't even need to define a connection string -- just write your objects. After you install Entity Framework in your application, if you ...

Better late than never I say. On Tuesday, June 27, MySQL announced that it would be joining the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program. What does that mean? It means that the popular ...

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 ...