Scalar.  Function.Wow.Could any other combination of words evoke the same feeling of encapsulation, information hiding, and simplification of client code?  After years spent developing software in the procedural and OO worlds, it can be difficult--perhaps, even impossible--to migrate over to working with SQL Server and not consider how ...

I keep seeing questions on newsgroups about paging in stored procedures, and whether there will be a better way in SQL Server 2005. However, aside from a few answers in newsgroups, I haven't seen any content on how to do it. So I'd like to spend a few minutes and share with you the new features that will make paging stored procedures ...