Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core. As the traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework is basically ...

In our last article we looked at System.Data in .NET Core 3.0. Now we turn our attention to System.Data.SqlClient, which is the SQL Server driver.

There are a few prerequisites to running SQL Server on Core. For example, you’ll need either .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, or .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Full Profile. You’ll also need DISM Feature names, ...

Microsoft is readying SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is making .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0 generally available today, as promised. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing ...

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target.

Practical .NET Leveraging Raw SQL in Entity Framework Core The ability to use SQL with Entity Framework Core has always been a cool feature. There's a new feature in Entity Framework Core that opens ...