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 ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one is best for your particular situation.

In SQL Server 2014 we saw the introduction of Natively Compiled Stored Procedures. In 2016 we’ll be able to do the same for Scalar User Defined Functions.

This prevents SQL Server from making assumptions based on the way the stored procedure is called the first time and picking a plan that is inefficient for different parameters.<BR><BR>Does not ...