The PHP development language provides you with a "prepare" function to send a prepared statement to a SQL database. You can use full, inline SQL statements in the prepared statement function or send ...

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 provide PHP programmers with pre-programmed database applications that retrieve and edit MySQL records. Stored procedures let you send parameters to the database program, so you can ...

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 ...

This SQL code runs the dba_BlockTracer stored procedure. The output shows two grids; the first shows that the root-blocking spid is 86, and the second shows two blocked spids, 122 and 104. Both spid ...

Most professional business programmers have found themselves on the receiving end of more than a few crazy requirement or design documents at least once in their careers. These stoic programmers grind ...