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 ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work ...

[PROGRAMMERS REPORT, OCTOBER 8, 2002] -- Among the finger-pointing games in development today, none are more common than those accompanying the discussions between application developers and database ...

I'm not Mr. Stored Procedure so this is (almost certainly) elementary, but I obviously rode the short bus today and need help figuring this out...<BR><BR>I have a stored procedure that updates counts ...

I want to create a report that has a parameter which will display something similar to this: This drop down list will get added onto when more tables get created. Assume that each server will have 1 ...

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This SQL code runs the dba_BlockTracer stored procedure. The output shows two grids; the first shows that the root-blocking spid is 86, and the second shows two blocked spids, 122 and 104. Both spid ...

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