To learn more about SQL data types, read “SQL basics: String data types, ... (UTC), where 00:00:00 represents midnight in Greenwich, and the server’s local time zone is implied.

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

If you ever need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields, check out this demonstration of how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code.