Answer
# 2 |
UDF
1. Must return a value – a single result set
2. Directly used in select, order by,where, from
3. UDF can’t use nondeterministic function Such as
getdate(), rand()
4. Can’t change server enviroment variables
5. Stops execution of T-SQL code when error occurs
6. Can’t use temp table in UDF
Stored Procedure
1. Can return value – multiple result set
2. Can’t use in select
3. Can use nondeterministic functions
4. Can change server enviroment variables
5. Stored procedure move to the next instruction if you used
proper error handling,
6. Can use temp table in SP
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| Paras |
Answer
# 5 |
a stored procedure is like a subroutine. It is used to
perform tasks within the database, whether it be to INSERT,
UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT, send return values, send output
parameters, send e-mail, call command line arguments,
encapsulate business logic, enforce data integrity, or any
combination thereof. Here is a fictitious example:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.doStuff
@dt SMALLDATETIME
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @un SYSNAME,
@now SMALLDATETIME
SET @un = SUSER_SNAME()
SET @now = GETDATE()
BEGIN TRANSACTION
INSERT dbo.myLog
(
ProcName,
UserName,
dt
)
SELECT
'doStuff',
@un,
@now
DELETE dbo.myLog
WHERE dt < (@now-7)
UPDATE dbo.Users
SET LastActivity = @now
WHERE UserName = @un
COMMIT TRANSACTION
SELECT TOP 3 ProcName, dt
FROM MyLog
WHERE UserName = @un
ORDER BY dt DESC
DECLARE @subject VARCHAR(255)
SET @subject = @un + ' used the doStuff procedure.'
EXEC master..xp_smtp_sendmail
@from = 'foo@bar.com',
@to = 'bar@foo.com',
@server = 'mail.myserver.com',
@subject = @subject
DECLARE @cmd VARCHAR(255)
SET @cmd = 'del c:\users\'+@un+'\archive\*.log'
EXEC master..xp_cmdshell @cmd, NO_OUTPUT
RETURN 0
END
GO
Stored procedures accept parameters, and are the preferred
method of both manipulating data and simply returning data.
They are compiled when first run, and the query plans are
stored and cached by SQL Server's optimizer, and those
cached plans are swapped out depending on frequency of
usage. Generally, a stored procedure will perform faster
than an ad hoc query, but there are certain cases (e.g.
when a bad plan is cached) that this is not the case.
User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
In general, UDFs can be a serious source of performance
issues. Also, UDFs cannot be used for DML operations
(INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE), cannot use non-deterministic
functions ,cannot use dynamic SQL, and cannot have error-
handling (e.g. RAISERROR).
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| Rathi |