Use custom-built .NET Framework 4.0 classes to connect an ASP.NET Web application to a SQL Server 2012 database. In my recent article, I showed how to connect .NET 4.0 C# and Visual Basic applications ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

I have written an application that takes in a fixed-width file (thanks in no small part to advice I recieved in a seperate thread) and then dissasembles each line, runs a fairly meaty SQL SELECT query ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 2003 — Kicking off the second day of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2003, Microsoft Corp. gave PDC attendees prerelease versions of Visual Studio, ...

The company plans to reset its tools to work with new products expected to ship in the coming months, including Windows.Net Server and an update to the SQL Server database. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET ...

Although programming languages such as Java, Objective-C, and JavaScript garner the lion’s share of attention these days, don’t count out Microsoft’s Visual Basic .Net (VB.Net), which has been on a ...

Microsoft on Thursday gave a peek at new features for future versions of its Visual Studio.Net development tool bundle. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said it plans to revamp its tools to ...