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.

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 ...

SQL Server 2016 takes this one level further and lets you transform JSON data in table rows. This ability might save a lot of work and CPU cycles off your code as now you can push the raw JSON text to ...