So, I am writing an application to pull a SQL query from an Oracle DB and paste the data into Excel. The problem is that the SQL string is over 2200 characters long ...

One of the most common problems when running SQL Servers is slow queries. The help desk or database team usually hears that described as the application is slow or ...

There is one parameter (userID) which is being passed into the query via cmd.Parameters.Add. The C# type of this variable is long (Int64) and the types of the columns it's being compared to in the db ...

Part of the problem is that there is no magic bullet, and for almost every best practice, I can show you at least one exception. Typically, a developer finds his or her own favorite methods — though ...

Everyone wants faster database queries, and both SQL developers and DBAs can turn to many time-tested methods to achieve that goal. Unfortunately, no single method is foolproof or ironclad. But even ...