Learn how to install and configure SQL Server Management Studio, download a SQL Server, and connect them on a Windows 11/10/Server computer..

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.

When SQL Server Management Studio is already open, the easiest way to open SQL Profiler is to click on the Tools dropdown menu. Then select "SQL Server Profiler" from the menu.

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...

You accomplish this with a parameter in a "DBCC CHECKIDENT" SQL Server command. SQL Server's Management Studio program is a convenient tool for performing database maintenance tasks such as this ...

Alternatively, you can open the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), right-click your database, and select Tasks > Detach. There is another way to set the database offline. The following command will ...

Two caveats: First, even if you’re working with SQL Server 2016, your database’s compatibility level must be set to 130 or higher to use these features. You can view your database’s compatibility ...