Stored Procedures Tips

I have a stored procedure I want to run when SQL Server starts. Is there a way to execute this procedure automatically each time the SQL Server service is started?

I have been using SQL Server for some time, but all of the code that is issued against the database is embedded in the application code. I know that you can create stored procedures, but I am not exactly sure where to start or what I need to do to implement stored procedures.

With SQL Server 2000 no default server, database or application role was available to be able to execute all stored procedures. With SQL Server 2005 has this changed with all of the new security features? If not, what options do I have to grant execute rights to the needed database roles?

One of the biggest things that DBAs try to do on a daily basis is to ensure that their database systems run as fast as possible. As more and more users access the databases and the databases continue to grow, performance slow downs are almost inevitable. Based on this, DBAs and developers should do everything they possibly can to keep performance related issues in mind early in the database lifecycle. This is not always easy to do, because of the unknowns and the changes that occur over time, but there are some simple things that can be done and we will touch upon one of these in this tip.

In this tutorial we will step through creating, altering and dropping SQL Server stored procedures. The tutorial high level outline is: Creating stored procedures, input parameters, output parameters, error handling, comments, naming, SET NOCOUNT ON, dropping stored procedures and altering stored procedures. Check out this tutorial to jump start your knowledge of SQL Server stored procedures.

In the Granting permission with the EXECUTE AS command in SQL Server 2005 tip, you have seen how you can grant granular permissions using the EXECUTE AS clause. Context switching within a programmable object such as a stored procedure or function is important especially if the user calling the stored procedure does not have enough privileges to run a code block. But to make it more granular, we allow switching execution context only when needed and revert back to the original execution context of the caller. How do we do it?

I have a stored procedure I push down to all of my servers that does a custom backup job and I want to make sure all servers have the same stored procedure. Is there some way to check without going to each server and reviewing the stored procedure? Check out this to find out.

With SQL Server 2000 no default server, database or application role was available to be able to execute all stored procedures. With SQL Server 2005 has this changed with all of the new security features? If not, what options do I have to grant execute rights to the needed database roles?

I have a stored procedure I push down to all of my servers that does a custom backup job and I want to make sure all servers have the same stored procedure. Is there some way to check without going to each server and reviewing the stored procedure? Check out this to find out.

One of the biggest things that DBAs try to do on a daily basis is to ensure that their database systems run as fast as possible. As more and more users access the databases and the databases continue to grow, performance slow downs are almost inevitable. Based on this, DBAs and developers should do everything they possibly can to keep performance related issues in mind early in the database lifecycle. This is not always easy to do, because of the unknowns and the changes that occur over time, but there are some simple things that can be done and we will touch upon one of these in this tip.

I have been using SQL Server for some time, but all of the code that is issued against the database is embedded in the application code. I know that you can create stored procedures, but I am not exactly sure where to start or what I need to do to implement stored procedures.

In this tutorial we will step through creating, altering and dropping SQL Server stored procedures. The tutorial high level outline is: Creating stored procedures, input parameters, output parameters, error handling, comments, naming, SET NOCOUNT ON, dropping stored procedures and altering stored procedures. Check out this tutorial to jump start your knowledge of SQL Server stored procedures.

I have a stored procedure I want to run when SQL Server starts. Is there a way to execute this procedure automatically each time the SQL Server service is started?

In the Granting permission with the EXECUTE AS command in SQL Server 2005 tip, you have seen how you can grant granular permissions using the EXECUTE AS clause. Context switching within a programmable object such as a stored procedure or function is important especially if the user calling the stored procedure does not have enough privileges to run a code block. But to make it more granular, we allow switching execution context only when needed and revert back to the original execution context of the caller. How do we do it?

With SQL Server 2000 no default server, database or application role was available to be able to execute all stored procedures. With SQL Server 2005 has this changed with all of the new security features? If not, what options do I have to grant execute rights to the needed database roles?

I have a stored procedure I push down to all of my servers that does a custom backup job and I want to make sure all servers have the same stored procedure. Is there some way to check without going to each server and reviewing the stored procedure? Check out this to find out.

In this tutorial we will step through creating, altering and dropping SQL Server stored procedures. The tutorial high level outline is: Creating stored procedures, input parameters, output parameters, error handling, comments, naming, SET NOCOUNT ON, dropping stored procedures and altering stored procedures. Check out this tutorial to jump start your knowledge of SQL Server stored procedures.

In the Granting permission with the EXECUTE AS command in SQL Server 2005 tip, you have seen how you can grant granular permissions using the EXECUTE AS clause. Context switching within a programmable object such as a stored procedure or function is important especially if the user calling the stored procedure does not have enough privileges to run a code block. But to make it more granular, we allow switching execution context only when needed and revert back to the original execution context of the caller. How do we do it?

I have a stored procedure I want to run when SQL Server starts. Is there a way to execute this procedure automatically each time the SQL Server service is started?

I have been using SQL Server for some time, but all of the code that is issued against the database is embedded in the application code. I know that you can create stored procedures, but I am not exactly sure where to start or what I need to do to implement stored procedures.

One of the biggest things that DBAs try to do on a daily basis is to ensure that their database systems run as fast as possible. As more and more users access the databases and the databases continue to grow, performance slow downs are almost inevitable. Based on this, DBAs and developers should do everything they possibly can to keep performance related issues in mind early in the database lifecycle. This is not always easy to do, because of the unknowns and the changes that occur over time, but there are some simple things that can be done and we will touch upon one of these in this tip.