Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core. As the traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework is basically ...

In our last article we looked at System.Data in .NET Core 3.0. Now we turn our attention to System.Data.SqlClient, which is the SQL Server driver.

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target.

There are a few prerequisites to running SQL Server on Core. For example, you’ll need either .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, or .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Full Profile. You’ll also need DISM Feature names, ...

Practical .NET Leveraging Raw SQL in Entity Framework Core The ability to use SQL with Entity Framework Core has always been a cool feature. There's a new feature in Entity Framework Core that opens ...

But Microsoft execs did say earlier this year that SQL Server on Linux -- a subset of SQL Server 2016 on Windows -- will work on multiple Linux distributions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Entity Framework Core allows you to store and retrieve data to and from an in-memory database. It’s a quick and easy way to test your ASP.NET Core 6 web applications.