Use custom-built .NET Framework 4.0 classes to connect an ASP.NET Web application to a SQL Server 2012 database.

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.

Database connectivity gives desktop and Web applications much of their value. .NET developers have products and framework objects that can tie a front-end application to SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, ...

SQL Server Database Programming with Visual Basic.NET offers a guide to the fundamental knowledge and practical techniques for the design and creation of professional database programs that can be ...

Quickstart: Use .NET and C# in Visual Studio to connect to and query a database [!INCLUDE appliesto-sqldb-sqlmi] This quickstart shows how to use the .NET Framework and C# code in Visual Studio to ...

Quickstart: Use .NET and C# in Visual Studio to connect to and query a database [!INCLUDE appliesto-sqldb-sqlmi] This quickstart shows how to use the .NET Framework and C# code in Visual Studio to ...

Find SQL Server developer tools and resources for the platform of your choice to help you focus on building great applications.

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults.