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Using MS-SQL Stored Procedures with ColdFusion

Thu, 02 May 2002 00:00:00 EDT

My three-part article on stored procedures (CFDJ, Vol. 3, issues 10, 12, Vol. 4, issue 2) has mushroomed into four, but since I'm sure most of you write perfect code the first time…

Using MS-SQL Stored Procedures with ColdFusion Part 3 of 3

Tue, 05 Feb 2002 00:00:00 EST

Now that we've gone over stored-procedure integration with ColdFusion and looked at some programming basics in Parts 1 and 2 of this article (CFDJ, Vol. 3, issues 10 and 12), let's look at some other useful and more complicated functions using MS-SQL2000. First, however, I need to correct a statement I made in Part 1. I mentioned that stored procedures weren't good if you needed to cache a query on the Web server.

Using MS-SQL Stored Procedures with ColdFusion Part 2 of 3

Mon, 03 Dec 2001 00:00:00 EST

Why should ColdFusion analyze the query results when the database could do it and you could save the bandwidth for something that really needs it? In Part 1 of this article (CFDJ>, Vol. 3, issue 10) I introduced stored procedures and performed some basic tasks with them. In this article I show how to do more complex tasks that involve IF/ELSE statements, looping, and string manipulation.

Using MS-SQL Stored Procedures with CF

Thu, 04 Oct 2001 00:00:00 EDT

Stored procedures. Ah, yes. The dark side of database access. You've heard the rumors - faster processing, less network traffic - and have been tempted. But you've also heard those on the easy path whisper about how complex these procedures are...