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 ...

I've written a simple stored procedure in MSSQL. It takes an identifier and returns the next available number for that identifier from a table storing the last number used. If the identifier doesn't ...