Learn what a stored procedure is, how to create and execute one, and what are the benefits and drawbacks of using it for SQL queries in web applications.

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

Benefits: Stored procedures can be useful if you have an SQL query that you write and execute over and over again. You can save it as a stored procedure, and then just call it to execute it directly ...

But in addition to using the procedure's current parameter values, the RECOMPILE query hint also uses the values of any local variables inside the stored procedure when you compile the statement. For ...

The main reason is that, when using stored procedures, I write the query in query analyzer, and I get syntax highlighting, and I can just run it right there and see if I have any problems.