You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

Microsoft has open sourced a .NET 5 C# Language Extension for SQL Server, allowing developers to work with relational data in the company's flagship programming language.

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.

Prerequisites SQL Server 2005 or later Visual Studio 2013 If using SQL Server 2014, make sure you have applied the SSDT updates. These can be found in Visual Studio’s Updates and Extensions menu.

You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Web Developer 2010 Express will add SQL CE 4 tooling support for ASP.Net, in a planned update, Guthrie said.