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 ...

Over the last several years, I have created numerous PowerShell tools that rely on a backend SQL Server database. Being that I have so much experience with connecting PowerShell to SQL Server, you ...

This article lists every connection string keyword that Microsoft.Data.SqlClient accepts. Each keyword also has a matching SqlConnectionStringBuilder property. For an introduction, common patterns, ...

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 ...