You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Dynamic SQL lets you create a query string based off of user input. SQL Server allows you to create dynamic SQL statements.

(Optional) Create an interactive application to make it easy to query a data set in plain English. This method has several advantages when handling real-world data.

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 ...

Squash the dangers lurking in your SQL queries by setting parameters by way of parameterized queries.

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or the database is slow. In the ...

Want faster SQL queries? Here are nine best practices for writing SQL queries that work like a charm (or at least, like they should).

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

Making a dynamic Web page capable of working with a database requires the addition of Hypertext Pre-Processing language, known by the acronym PHP, and Structured Query Language, or SQL.