Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one is best for your particular situation.

Stored procedure XML This screenshot lists the source of a SQL Server 2014 stored procedure hitting the AdventureWorks2012 database, selecting data from the Customer and SalesOrderHeader tables.

But, if you're using any version of SQL Server later than SQL Server 2005, you have an alternative: table-valued parameters. Table-valued parameters let you pass a collection of table rows as a ...

This prevents SQL Server from making assumptions based on the way the stored procedure is called the first time and picking a plan that is inefficient for different parameters.<BR><BR>Does not ...

I was told to put everything in stored procedures for security reasons and anything that needed to be done to the procedures could be done on the SQL server and I wouldn't have to change anything ...

The basic concept of recursion is straightforward: a given chunk of code calls itself until some boundary condition is reached. Arthur Fuller demonstrates how to use recursion in T-SQL.

Encrypt a column using Stored procedures So first of all I created a Symmetric key called MY_KEY in my database. If you look under security you will find the place to create the this key.

MySQL, SQL Server and DB2 stored procedures behave very similarly from the application's point of view. However, Oracle and Postgres calls can look and act differently, especially if your stored ...