Stored Procedures give you more freedom than functions, and so they would be the obvious way of developing processes in SQL Server. There is one longstanding problem with them though, although it is possible to send several results to the application from a stored procedure and read them without problems, you have big problems capturing more … Read more
A process in a complex database occasionally, and apparently randomly, manages to put table locks on vital tables. Several applications are brought to a complete halt. Armed with a T-SQL stored procedure, a violin and a keen investigative spirit, Pop Rivett tracks down the rogue SPIDs that are causing all the problems...… Read more
