The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

The .NET execution engine protects SQL Server's internal buffers from executing code, and extensive enhancements to the hosting control APIs in the execution engine prohibit exceptional ...

IntelliSense in SQL Server 2008 works largely as it does in VS, providing you with a list of objects and methods as you type code. The second-most-coveted new feature in Management Studio is T-SQL ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

Really all I’m interested in is this: I want to take exactly what I do now – run Visual Studio, SQL Server, and IIS in a Windows VM on my Intel MacBook Pro – and do the exact same thing, but ...

Determine when to use stored procedures vs. SQL in the code Your email has been sent Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which ...

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 ...