SQL Server is one of the best products to come out of Microsoft, but not every professional knows how to use it effectively. For example, some might find it difficult to create a stored procedure but ...

First, a little background. We haven't moved to ASP.NET yet, so I'm still using GetRows() to retrieve recordsets. We have search pages that bring back a certain number of records per page. Right now, ...

In this third in a series on working smarter with T-SQL, let's give the built-in sp_executesql stored proc a go. In my previous posts, I've described some methods for generating and executing T-SQL ...

Execute SQL tasks run stored procedures or SQL queries from SSIS packages. A task executes any SQL statements that have been passed to it in sequential order. It provides you with a handy way to store ...

Entity Framework 6 gives you a variety of ways to call stored procedures that return data and capture the results those procedures return. Here's a look at all of them. In an earlier column, I showed ...

Determine when to use stored procedures vs. SQL in the code Your email has been sent Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one ...