Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.

Stored procedure XML This screenshot lists the source of a SQL Server 2014 stored procedure hitting the AdventureWorks2012 database, selecting data from the Customer and SalesOrderHeader tables.

Entity Framework 6 gives you a variety of ways to call stored procedures that return data and capture the results those procedures return. Here's a look at all of them.

This prevents SQL Server from making assumptions based on the way the stored procedure is called the first time and picking a plan that is inefficient for different parameters.<BR><BR>Does not ...

ANSI SQL 99 adds a recursive query capability which permits it.<BR><BR>SQL Server 2005 will add recursive query capability to T-SQL, but for no good reason doesn't use the ANSI syntax.

I frequently get asked if Entity Framework (EF) in a Code First environment supports calling stored procedures. The short answer is: "In EF6 -- which works everywhere -- the answer is Yes." As I ...

You can expand security by restricting SQL Server data that users can see and interact with via views or stored procedures. SQL Server security is more robust than the security model Access offers.