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 2016 has a number of major enhancements which will help whether or not you are implementing on-prem, in Azure or in a hybrid model. Last week Microsoft released the preview of SQL Server 2016 ...

The next release of Microsoft’s SQL Server database, which is currently known by its codename of Yukon, allows managed code to be executed within the confines of the database server’s process. There ...

The PHP development language provides you with a "prepare" function to send a prepared statement to a SQL database. You can use full, inline SQL statements in the prepared statement function or send ...

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. TechRepublic’s ...

SQL Query Analyzer had a neat debug facility for Stored Procedures in SQL 2000. It went missing in SSMS 2005 but at least we could use the Visual Studio debug facility for both .NET and Transact-SQL ...