If you have a legacy MS Access database or like its GUI, then there are ways to boost its abilities by teaming it up with SQL.

The former, i.e., connecting to a “local” SQL database, is the simpler of the two options, so we’ll deal with that first. How do you connect Excel to an SQL server on the same network?

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 ...

DBeaver also supports SQL Server extensions such as Azure SQL Server, Babelfish via TDS and Google Cloud Platform SQL Server. You must select the appropriate driver in the Connect to a database window ...

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 ...

By using a single tool like PowerShell, you can access your data wherever it is stored. It does not matter if it is in the cloud in an Azure SQL database or in an on-premises MS-SQL server, MySQL or ...