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 ...

You can use full, inline SQL statements in the prepared statement function or send the database a stored procedure function. A stored procedure is a program that is stored on the database server.

Stored procedures can speed up your code by reducing trips to your database -- even if you only have one SQL statement to execute. Here's how to speed up your application (and how to simplify your ...

A simple T-SQL stored procedure might only be a parameterized version of a SELECT statement. Its advantages are ease of use and efficiency. Stored procedures are optimized when they are saved ...

My thanks to Chris at the SQL Server Programming Newsgroup for his help on the stored procedure. [The following example is in VBScript and was created on NT 4.0 Workstation, PWS, and SQL 7.0. BTW you ...

This example uses the type to accept one or more rows of the JobSpecifications type in a parameter called @JobCriteria: But, while everything is better on the T-SQL side of the processing, the code to ...

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 ...