Developers often dismiss dynamic SQL used in PL/SQL programs for two reasons. One reason is that it's riskier because the SQL statements aren't parsed until runtime, so it's more difficult to catch ...

Have you noticed that dynamic SQL is more popular today than ever before? There are a number of factors contributing to the success of dynamic SQL. Commercial off-the-shelf applications, such as SAP, ...

Execute SQL tasks run stored procedures or SQL queries from SSIS packages. A task executes any SQL statements that have been passed to it in sequential order. It provides you with a handy way to store ...

If you want to take a copy of one table and make a copy of it in another schema (under another username), you can use the SQL*Plus COPY command, or a simple <code>"create table foo as select * from ...

In part 1, we looked at generating T-SQL style code. In part 2, let's get this thing to run! Last time, I showed how a single SELECT statement can be built to create an executable string of T-SQL.

You don't have to give up using dynamic SQL just because you're using Entity Framework. The Entity Framework SqlQuery method will give you back the flexibility of dynamic SQL and still let you work ...

specifies a dynamic, DBMS-specific SQL statement that does not select data. This argument is required and must be enclosed in parentheses. The statement is case sensitive and is passed to the DBMS ...

In some SAS/ACCESS interfaces, you can issue an EXECUTE statement directly without first explicitly connecting to a DBMS (see CONNECT Statement). If you omit the CONNECT statement, an implicit ...