SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals ...

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 ...

The Show Script button generates the actual T-SQL script to be used in SQL Server Management Studio to clear the database. See Figure 6. This button can be the first one clicked after selecting the ...

In a previous Practical .NET column I showed how to retrieve rows that hold JSON objects by querying on values in those objects’ properties. However, sometimes you’ll want to work with the complete ...