Last weekend I travelled down to SQL Saturday 85 in Orlando, FL. Like all of the other events that I’ve presented at, this event was great. The last I heard, there were nearly 300 attendees and it seemed that all were very pleased with the event. Check-in went smoothly especially with the pre-checkin documents that you could print and bring to the event. Lunch was very good. Most of the presenters put their SQL Saturday Apron’s on and dished out the grub. Then the talks… What ...
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As most of you already know, Reporting Services reports make use of Datasets to get data. These Datasets can get the data from Text, Table (rarely used) or a Stored Procedure. Which query type to use has been a topic on many forum boards and I’ve had this question pop up several times over the years during presentations and general discussion. Sometimes asked “Which one is better to use; a stored procedure or text?” or “What is considered best practice…?” Wit...