Outstanding article, Tony. Well done. All too often, people will avoid the use of a tool highly appropriate for a given task just because someone says it's a "best practice" to avoid it. Hat's off and a deep bow to SQL Server MVP Peter Larsson for creating and delivering both a solution and a presentation that refutes such a misconception.

As I say in my signature line as a play on words...

"Just because you CAN do something in T-SQL, doesn't mean you SHOULDN'T." 😀