We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect to ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

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 ...

I don't know if you're using SQL Server as your backend, but the idea is to spit out the query string you're submitting and try running it somwhere outside your code. That usually points out syntax ...

Next, we'll need to establish a connection to the SQL server. Below I'm defining a SQL connection string and passing that as an argument to the SqlConnection object.

The sample data in SQL is provided by Microsoft's AdventureWorks training database, which can be provided both on your own SQL server and directly as an Azure SQL Database. Microsoft provides ...