Using Dynamic SQL inside a Stored Procedure

Preventing direct access to database tables for users is a widely considered “best practice” for many DBAs. The pattern typically looks like User -> Stored Procedure -> Tables. Since the stored procedure owner has access…

What SQL Text is that Session Running?

Use the code below if you have a long, complicated, stored procedure or piece of dynamic SQL running on a server, and you’d like to see exactly which piece of SQL Text, or code, is…

Modifying XML values

Determining the property syntax when modifying XML values in SQL Server can be time consuming if you don’t work with XML regularly. SQL Server includes a very flexible XML subsystem, called XML_DML, or XML Data…