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 ...

Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" All versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural code that executes inside the database. The usual way is ...

Hey All,<BR><BR>Got a question regarding 2 sprocs I need to make (once I get the first one done the other will be easy cause its just the opposite). Here's the deal: I have a database with table ...

We've got a strange problem here and I'm hoping someone has some kind of idea as to what could be causing it.<BR><BR>We've got a stored procedure in Sql Server 2005. It's not terribly complicated but ...

Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

Peter revisits an earlier tip on how to use stored procedures to speed up your code. This version makes your stored procedures simpler … though you may have to write a little more code to make the ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

PROC SQL allows you to specify the ORDER BY clause in the CREATE VIEW statement. Every time a view is accessed, its data are sorted and displayed as specified by the ORDER BY clause. This sorting on ...