Visual Studio Magazine

Speed Up Your Application with Stored Procedure and Temporary Tables

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 ...
Ars Technica

[SQL] Handle SELECT INTO #TempTable In IF/ELSE Statement

What the best way to work around this? I have the same SELECT statement but there are different criteria depending on the IF check. Well, if you happen to be using Sql Server you can do that sort of ...
InfoWorld

SQL unleashed: 9 ways to speed up your SQL queries

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Speed Up Stored Procedures with Table Valued Parameters

Peter revisits an earlier tip on how to use stored procedures to speed up your code. This version makes your stored procedures simpler … though you may have to write a little more code to make the ...