Using ADO to make a database connection to SQL Server generally consists of three steps: Create a Connection Object: Done through the use of the Server.CreateObject (“ADODB.Connection”) command.

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to ...

We have an ancient AS/400 730 system that still houses some old budget/financial data. We'd like to decommission this box, and migrate the data to a SQL server. The data won't be modified or ...

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

I need to describe a bunch of tables programatically (i.e. get their attribute names and corresponding data types). I can use Describe table on them in the SQL window, but when I try to get the ...