Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / chandra shaker

Stored Procedure returns morethan one value where as
Function returns only one value.

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / ranjanimanuel

1.UDF can't use a nondeterministic functions such as Getdate
(),RAND() where as StoreProcedure cn use such a functions.
2.UDF must return a value or a single resultset . Store
Procedure can return a value or even multiple resultsets,
but doesn't have to
3. UDF can be used in anywhere sql statements like
where/having/Select sections where as store procedure
cannot be.
4.UDFs that return table can be treated as another rowset.
This can be used in JOINS with other table

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / gowdhami

In UDF if any error comes it will stop the execution
but in SP it will skip the step move to next line

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / sharad kulat

Store Procedure Is first tme complie and make the
Execution plan & next time proc just call plan .so its get
execute fast.In case Function compile every request.

function & Store procedure return not only single but also
number of value .

function return number of value useing return type table.

You Can use Function with select ,case Statement ,same
thing can not do through Store procedure.

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / lalit raghuvanshi

20 main differences between Stored procedures and Functions
in Sql Server
http://www.webcodeexpert.com/2013/04/difference-between-stored-procedures.html

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / santosh kumar

Sl. No. User Defined function Stored Procedure
1 Function must return a value. Stored procedure may or not return values.
2 Will allow only Select statement, it will not allow us to use DML statements. Can have select statements as well as DML statements such as insert, update, delete
etc
3 It will allow only input parameters, doesn’t support output parameters. It can have both input and output parameters.
4 It will not allow us to use try-catch blocks. For exception handling we can use try catch blocks.
5 Transactions are not allowed within functions. Can use transactions within Stored procefures.
6 We can use only table variables, it will not allow using temporary tables. Can use both table variables aswell as temporary table in it.
7 Stored procedures can’t be called from function. Stored Procedures can call functions.
8 Functions can be called from select statement. Procedures can’t be called from Select/Where/Having etc statements. Execute/Exec
statement can be used to call/execute stored procedure.
9 UDF can be used in join clause as a result set. Procedures can’t be used in Join clause

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Differnce between Stored procedure and user defined functions?..

Answer / asha

no difference

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