Writing external scripts to perform complex data handling is a tedious affair. The best way to automate tasks straightaway into the server is by using Stored Procedures. It is very useful to make them as flexible as possible, as it facilitates easy identification of any errors and can be used for executing a variety of tasks as well.
A collection of 19 FAQs on SQL Server Transact-SQL stored procedures. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on creating and dropping stored procedures; retrieving and modifying stored procedures; ending stored procedures properly; defining and passing values through input and output parameters; temporary and permanent stored procedures.
A collection of 17 FAQs on SELECT statements with joins and subqueries. Clear answers are provided with tutorial exercises on joining multiple tables with inner and outer joins; using subqueries with IN, EXISTS, and FROM clauses; using UNION operations.
This tutorial describes the different types of Data Flow components and show you how to create your first transformation component using script. Once you have mastered the Script Component, you will find that you can readily integrate almost any functionality into the SSIS Data Flow.
The core concept in Service Broker is the conversation. Conversations introduce a new messaging paradigm which makes writing reliable distributed applications with Service Broker much easier than with most messaging systems. In this tutorial, you will learn what conversations are and how to use them to make asynchronous applications easier to write.
This tutorial describes the most important Transact-SQL statement - SELECT. In this tutorial you will learn how to use the SELECT statement to perform simple queries. Every clause in this statement is described, and numerous examples using our sample database are given to demonstrate the practical use of each clause.
SQL Server 2005 Express is much improved over its MSDE predecessor in that visual tools are provided along with the database engine. These tools enable you to manage services, networking protocols, and configurations. The tools also provide the ability to manage databases and their objects, such as tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and more. This tutorial covers the basics of using the tools available in SQL Server 2005 Express.
Using SQL Server 2000 and above versions you can retrieve data from SQL Server in XML format directly from the database. Many XML related features were incorporated in the SQL Server database. This enables the development of XML enabled applications very easy and it makes exchange of data over internet easy. In this article we will discuss about how to use SQLXML to retrieve data directly from SQL server database in XML format.
SQL Server Reporting Services is a set of innovative components and services that are part of Microsoft's overall Business Intelligence strategy. Get up to speed with SQL Server Reporting Services
Get up to speed fast with SQL Server 2000 Notification Services. Notification Services allows you to build high-performance notification applications that automatically notify subcribers (computers and devices) about changed data.
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