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 ...

Recently I encountered a problem in a stored procedure that was caused by an unexpected result from the SQL Server ISNUMERIC() function. I was using SQL Server 2008 R2 but the issue has long been ...

The annual PASS Summit, the industry’s largest gathering of SQL Server professionals, hosted more than 4,000 attendees in Seattle recently recently. PASS (www.pass.org) has grown to more than 300 ...

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 ...

SQL is neither the fastest nor the most elegant way to talk to databases, but it is the best way we have. Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying ...