So it came up that several of our devs are writing their TSQL entirely in code using ADO.NET and submitting their queries that way.<BR><BR>Initially the idea was sprocs for all inserts, updates, etc..

Making your T-SQL work smarter for you by having it work as a code generator. Part 1 in a series. Want to save some time writing code? Many DBAs use the trick I'm going to show you this week to: A) ...

I am using TSQL to extract data and drop it to XML. The problem is that the system consuming this XML file must have the xmlns="blah" portion appearing first, otherwise it fails. How the heck can I ...

Technology Toolbox: VB.NET, C#, SQL Server "Yukon" All versions of SQL Server prior to SQL Server "Yukon" provide two ways to write procedural code that executes inside the database. The usual way is ...

In part 1, we looked at generating T-SQL style code. In part 2, let's get this thing to run! Last time, I showed how a single SELECT statement can be built to create an executable string of T-SQL.

If you ever need to sort character strings stored in SQL Server fields, check out this demonstration of how to write a common sorting algorithm using SQL Server TSQL code. You are probably familiar ...