Stored Procedure
In the SQL server, both stored procedure and user-defined Functions allow you to encapsulate the reusable logic. However, they both serve different purposes and have distinct differences. By the end of the article, you’ll have a profound understanding of different ways to use the stored procedure at your disposal.
Stored Procedure in SQL is a group of SQL queries that can be saved and reused multiple times and are stored in the database. This means that stored procedure allows you to encapsulate a set of SQL statements into a reusable block of code.
Importance of Stored Procedure
As you can guess from the definition, individuals find stored procedures quite beneficial as it reduce the need for rewriting SQL queries. Besides the obvious reasons, let’s take a closer look at some of the other benefits to make the most of it.
- A stored procedure can be used to perform a specific task or set of tasks.
- They, in general, include business logic, perform operations like Insert, Update, and Delete and are used for batch processing.
- They are Single sets, or a group of sets that return nothing as well
User-Defined Function
User-Defined Function allows you to encapsulate reusable SQL queries that can be used, just like built-in functions. They can be scalar single values or tabled values by the table.
