Connect to a SQL Server instance in SSMS. Create and query a SQL Server database in SSMS running basic Transact-SQL (T-SQL) queries. This article covers connecting and querying an instance of SQL ...

SQL Server Management Studio or SSMS allows you to connect to the SQL server and execute queries. In this tutorial, we will see how you can install and configure SQL Server Management Studio in ...

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the ...

To make the connection, take the following steps: Select the SQL Server database option in the connector selection. For more information, go to Where to get data. In the SQL Server database dialog ...

Unfortunately, not every SQL database is always available when we expect it to be. When you're creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you ...

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 ...