SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.

An SQL connection requires system resources for various processes and functions. When you need to terminate a connection due to system resource issues, security threats or connectivity problems ...

We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

The sample data in SQL is provided by Microsoft's AdventureWorks training database, which can be provided both on your own SQL server and directly as an Azure SQL Database. Microsoft provides ...

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 ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect ...

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)is an application program interface (API) specification for connecting programs written in Java to the data in popular databases.

DBeaver is a free, universal SQL client that can connect to numerous types of databases–one of which is MySQL. I want to show you how to install and use DBeaver to connect to your remote MySQL ...