I do not understand. This command will work if you execute it directly on the connection that you have created, regardless of your WHERE clause. Whether it gives you the...

When the user clicks save, why not run an UPDATE query instead?

UPDATE article SET Flag = 3 where ArticleID = [ArticleID from form]

Try

select convert(char(12),dateadd(s, 5400, 0),114)

for your conversion question.

Your second question - just use

IF NOT EXISTS (select procedure entry here) CREATE PROCEDURE

For defaults, the SQL Server equivalent of now() is GetDate() and the equivalent of date() is (convert(datetime,floor(convert(float,getdate()))))

Here's another way that should run quicker.

declare @then datetime

set @then = DateAdd(Day, -7, getdate())

select open_dt

from dbo.tbl_metrics_grca_fl

where open_dt >= @then

When you create a SQL statement like this in VB it becomes (as you've noticed) very difficult to work out whether it's correct. I suggest you do something like the...

Please post your query, an example of the results you are getting and an example of the results you would like to get.

Presumably the data model was created by the programmers, who knew when they were creating it that they would always create at least one ORDER_LINE row for every ORDER row? ...

As far as I can think, this is best left to the application.  There is no standard way of enforcing this - nor can I envisage one.

Of course, it would...

Stored procedures do not just return resultsets.  Check BOL for info on OUTPUT parameters in stored procs.

Edison was actually more emphatic than this:

"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a  'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all...

OK.  Have a look at the results of running

SELECT Billing.AcctID, Family.AcctID

from Billing inner join Family

on Billing.Student = Family.Student

Which will presumably correlate with the BILLING records that are being updated.

You...

Are there any NULLs in the CHARGE or PAYMENT entries in BILLING?

It's all about how the compiler works as it tries to optimise the code.  God knows what's going on in detail though.

That was my guess too ... I just wan't going to say it yet