sql-create-procedure

C# – Use SqlDbType.Structured for table parameters

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To use a table-valued parameter (TVP) with SqlCommand (ADO.NET), pass in a DataTable as a SqlDbType.Structured parameter, like this: I’ll show a full example, starting with creating a TVP type and then inserting it as a SqlDbType.Structured parameter as shown above. 1 – Create the TVP type in SQL Server To be able to pass … Read more

C# – Execute a stored procedure with Dapper

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You can execute stored procedures with Dapper by specifying the name, parameters, and CommandType.StoredProcedure. Let’s say you have the following stored procedure (single parameter, returns movie rows): Here’s how to execute this stored procedure with Dapper and map its results to Movie objects: Use an output parameter To get a stored procedure’s output parameter, add … Read more

Using sp_msForeachTable in SQL Server

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You can use the sp_msForeachTable stored proc in SQL Server to execute a query/command against all tables in the database. To give you an idea about how to use this, here’s an example of using it to do a SELECT query against all tables: Internally, sp_msForeachTable gets all user table names (from dbo.sysobjects) and opens … Read more

‘CREATE/ALTER’ must be the first statement in a query batch

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Problem When you’re executing a CREATE/ALTER statement to create a procedure/view/function/trigger, you get one of the following errors: ‘CREATE/ALTER PROCEDURE’ must be the first statement in a query batch ‘CREATE VIEW’ must be the first statement in a query batch. ‘CREATE FUNCTION’ must be the first statement in a query batch. ‘CREATE TRIGGER’ must be … Read more