You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server.

In part 2 of a series, On VB columnist Joe Kunk provides a Visual Basic program to generate a SQL script that clears all the data from a SQL Server database.

Generates a schema-only, read-only copy of a database using DBCC CLONEDATABASE to investigate performance issues related to the query optimizer. Learn more.