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 ...

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 ...

Entity Framework 6 gives you a variety of ways to call stored procedures that return data and capture the results those procedures return. Here's a look at all of them. In an earlier column, I showed ...

My limited SPROC expertise is definitely showing -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif --<br><br>I want to pass ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

I'm working on a VB.NET app that creates SQL Logins for an app that uses our MS-SQL server.<BR><BR>The docs for both sp_addlogin and sp_grantdbaccess claim that it will return a zero if successful, ...