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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language. As Microsoft's .NET team notes, Visual Basic on .NET Core only supported Class ...

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, ...