• Storing your results in tables is a good idea; I just get once-and-done conversion tasks from new customers. The templates are sufficient for that. I really like using templates and have about 200 that I use regularly for database change requests from developers. It would be nice to find a shared library of templates somewhere.

    Even better than templates though...

    Custom procedures are big wasters of time for maintenance. Over 90% of procedures in my database projects are generated and maintained by 20 simple template procs which work together as a system. They use a template language for formatting and replaceable parameters. Just say "no" to codesmith, simplify and save a bundle.