When connecting to SQL servers in the cloud, sometimes typical GUI access will not cut it. This is when you need to focus on automation tools like Windows PowerShell. To query any SQL database from ...

Tom Fenton shows you two ways to overcome the gotchas when setting up an ODBC connection to a remote database. This article is a follow-up to one I wrote in August 2017, "How To Set Up a SQL Express ...

The structured query language is a powerful tool for connecting to many database systems that store data in tables organized into rows and columns. It's often used on the backend of business ...

update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you need to ensure your script can successfully connect to the database. One way to figure out if your computer can reach a SQL database and that ...

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 ...

If your database of choice is MySQL ... DBeaver is a free, universal SQL client that can connect to numerous types of databases–one of which is MySQL. I want to show you how to install and ...

I don't have access to the server outside of the database connection, so adding additional software to the server side is not an option.<BR><BR>TIA for any suggestions you can provide.

I'm going to discuss mitigating one of Base's major weaknesses by connecting it to an external SQL back-end. Shortly after I finished the program and demonstrated it to my wife, I encountered one of ...

a SQL Server database or even a large text file, you can also retrieve data from it using Excel. Using SQL statements in Excel enables you to connect to an external data source, parse field or ...