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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

I'm having an issue with an ASP page occasionally timing out. The specific error is the following:<BR><BR>"*.DBCommand.Execute(): Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL ...

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Most professional business programmers have found themselves on the receiving end of more than a few crazy requirement or design documents at least once in their careers. These stoic programmers grind ...

Even in a Code First environment, you can call a stored procedure from a DbContext object. But it's a lot easier if you use the visual designer. I frequently get asked if Entity Framework (EF) in a ...

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 ...