This article uses XML to deal with optional parameters along with multiple parameter passed into a stored procedure. (Note: We are re-running this as we had a newsletter issue last week)
2013-12-16 (first published: 2013-12-10)
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T-SQL has some well known limitations when working with parameters for a stored procedure, not the least of which is a variable number of parameters. While there are some solutions, they can be cumbersome to work with. Sloan Holliday brings us a creative solution using XML that can solve many issues.
2006-02-28
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DTS is a fantastic ETL tool and it is often used to import Excel documents. However this can be a manual process in many cases in setting up the package. New author Sloan Holliday brings us a way that you can leverage Office XP's automation facilities and XML to import data into SQL Server.
2005-11-22
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