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 ...

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 ...

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.

And jo.StartDate > jc.AvailableDate Return Passing Table-Valued Parameters But, while everything is better on the T-SQL side of the processing, the code to call the stored procedure can be a little ...

Prepared statements avoid the process of compiling, parsing and running a stored procedure or inline SQL statement in your code. The PHP prepared statement function speeds up the application ...

As a further comparison, the equivalent Java stored procedure, (which is always dynamic) takes about the same time as the original PL/SQL and the DBMS_SQL with binding.