What is difference between a PROCEDURE & FUNCTION ?
Hi,
There are the several differences which are as follows-
1-Stored procedure will be used for perform specific tasks and Normally functions will be used for computing value.
2-Stored procedures may or may not return values But function should return value.
3-Stored procedure cannot be used in the select/where/having clause But function can be called from select/where/having clause.
4-Stored procedure can run independently. It can be executed using EXECUTE or EXEC command But function cannot run independently.
5-Temporary table (derived) cannot be created on function But it can be created in stored procedures.
6-Stored procedure can call the user defined functions But the function cannot call the stored procedures.
7-Stored procedures can have input and output parameters But the function can have only input parameters.
Thanks.
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