PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...

SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) is an integrated component of Microsoft Visual Studio that allows developers to create business intelligence applications. In addition to SQL Server, SQL Server Data Tools ...

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 ...

Take advantage of read-only generic interfaces such as IReadOnlyList, IReadOnlyDictionary, and IReadOnlyCollection to prevent modifications to collections in your .NET Core applications.

Because LiteDB is a server-less database, you don’t need to install it in your system. You simply add a reference to the LiteDB.dll file in your project.

According to Rikalous, installing Business Intelligence Development Studio is necessary. Upon installing SQL Server 2008 you need to select the Client tools option under the Client tools section of ...

In my recent article, I showed how to connect .NET 4.0 C# and Visual Basic applications to SQL Server 2012 databases using .NET classes. That article and its examples focused on .NET 4.0 desktop ...