I have a table that's something like this:<BR><BR><pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">CREATE TABLE thread(id INT, parentid INT, sometext TEXT);</pre><BR><BR>The values ...

Did he give you a reason why they're absolutely bad? I use cursors all the time and the only time I've run into trouble of any sort is when the Cursor is poorly ...

Peter revisits an earlier tip on how to use stored procedures to speed up your code. This version makes your stored procedures simpler … though you may have to write a little more code to make the ...