Check out the latest Visual Studio third-party add-ons, including one that helps you edit your database's data and properties during a debug session.

However, there are any number of queries in any application that SQL Server may never see again (at least in, for example, the next 24 hours). The plans for these "one-time" queries are taking up ...

You can give .NET the opportunity to do exactly that -- to collapse both queries into a single SQL statement that retrieves only the premium customers from Regina -- if you just declare your ...

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

Remove ReportViewer from Visual Studio’s release cycle entirely and ship it as a plug-in with each version of SQL Server. And in the mean time don’t drop backwards compatibility with every ...

Learn More. DENVER—Microsoft will release Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 together on Feb. 27, 2008 in what will be the companys single largest launch ever.