What is difference between Procedures and Functions ?
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Answer / roopesh kumar
(1) Procedure may or may not return value but function
should.
(2) We can't call a procedure inside a sql stmt but
function can.
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Answer / guest
Hi,
Basic Difference is Function must return a value and
Procedure can or cannot return a value using out parameter.
Thanks!
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Answer / manojbatra071
a procedure can return none,one or more than one value but a
function can return one and only one value everytime
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Answer / shasi
Hi,
The main think is function canbe used in sql select
statement but procedure wer can't use.procedure redurn more
then value(max:1024)funcion must return 1 value
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Answer / sandeep sahoo
Prcocedure Will do Action whereas Function Will do Calculation
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Answer / devi
1.procedure does not return any value whree as functions
return values
2.a procedure can be called independently where as a
function is called inside a procedure
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