Ars Technica

If not using stored procedures, what do you use to write/test/debug SQL queries?

I recently wrote a .NET web application for work. I always make a data access class with methods for getting data, but I usually just point the methods to stored procedures. This time, I decided to ...
Redmond Magazine

Exploiting SQL Server 2008 Through Code

SQL Server 2008 has a ton of new DBA features, but if you really want to make this thing go, just crank out a little code. SQL Server 2008 is mostly in the domain of system and database administrators ...
Ars Technica

SQL query debugging

I need to debug this query which is causing us problems and it's been awhile since I've written any SQL. I'll continue to hammer away at this but I'm missing some fundamental concept here and would ...
InfoWorld

Overpower the PreparedStatement

How an application interacts with the database represents an often-overlooked aspect of application development. Indeed, many programmers find the simplest way to get the data, then leave the database ...
CRN

Oracle Tool Adds Access For Rival Databases

Oracle SQL Developer 1.1 offers read-only access to MySQL, SQL Server and Microsoft's Access, as well as full connection support for Oracle databases from Oracle 9i onward. The free tool is designed ...