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Writing a Stored Procedure
By Nathan Pond (mailto:nathan@npond.com
If you're anything like me, you don't easily pick up on

by hearing about them. When I first installed my MS SQL
opened up a whole new world of features that I had neve
Stored Procedures. This article is designed to tell you
procedures. I am using Microsoft (#)
SQL Server 7.0, but these examples should work in
any SQL version.
Writing Stored Procedures doesn't have to be hard. When

technology, I went to every newsgroup, web board, and I
for answers. Through all the complicated examples I fou
week before I finally got a working stored procedure. I
show you what I mean:
Normally, you would call a database with a query like:
Select column1, column2 From Table1
To make this into a stored procedure, you simple execut
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

AS
Go
That's it, now all you have to do to get the recordset

stored procedure. You can simply call it by name like t
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sp_myStoredProcedure
Note: You can name a stored procedure anything you want

procedure with that name doesn't already exist. Names d
sp_ but that is something I choose to do just as a nami
somewhat a standard in the business world to use it, bu
it.
Now, I realize you aren't gaining much in this example.

to make it easy to understand. Later in this article, w
can be useful, for now let's look at how you can call a
parameters.
Let's say that we want to expand on our previous query

So we would have:
Where column1 = 0
Well, I know we could hard code the 'Where column1 = 0'

procedure. But wouldn't it be neat if the number that 0
in as an input parameter? That way it wouldn't have to
4, etc. and you wouldn't have to change the stored proc
deleting the stored procedure we already created. Don't
with the added feature of an input parameter. We will d
DROP PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure
Now we can recreate it with the input parameter built i

@myInput int
AS
Where column1 = @myInput
Go
Ok, why don't we pause here and I'll explain in more de

off, the parameter: you can have as many parameters as
Parameters are set when the stored procedure is called,
receives it into a variable. @myInput is a variable. Al
procedure have a @ symbol preceding it. A name preceded
variables. Other than that, you can name a variable any
declare a variable, you must specify its datatype. In t
type Int (Integer). Now, before I forget, here's how to
with a parameter:
sp_myStoredProcedure 0
If you want more than one parameter, you seperate them

stored procedure and the procedure call. Like so:

@myInput int,
@myString varchar(100),
@myFloat
AS
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.....
Go
And you would call it like this:
sp_myStoredProcedure 0, 'This is my string', 3.45
Note: The varchar datatype is used to hold strings. You

of the string when you declare it. In this case, the va
for 100 characters to be help in it.
Now, I'm sure some of you are wondering if there is a d

from ASP. There really isn't, let's take our first stor
show how it is called from ASP. If it wasn't a stored p
something like this:
>%
dim dataConn, sSql, rs
set dataConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Conn
dataConn.Open "DSN=webData;uid=user;pwd=passwo
sSql = "Select column1, column2 From Table1"
Set rs = dataConn.Execute(sSql) 'execute sql c
%>
Now let's see how we call the stored procedure.
>%
sSql = "sp_myStoredProcedure"
%>
As you can see, the only difference is the query that i

stored in the sSql command. Instead of being the actual
name of the stored procedure. Now let's take a quick lo
it with parameters. In our second example, we created t
accept one integer parameter. Here's the code:
>%
dim dataConn, sSql, rs, myInt
myInt = 1 'set myInt to the number we want to
sSql = "sp_myStoredProcedure " & myInt
%>
Now, before I get to far, let me introduce the ALTER co

stored procedures, so you don't have to drop them then
the ALTER command like this:
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ALTER PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

AS
......
Go
This will overwrite the stored procedure that was there

will keep permissions, so it is better than dropping an
As promised I am going to dive into more detail about s

by answering a common question I received via e-mail. M
possible, and if so how to do it, to use stored procedu
statements. Absolutely!!! Anything that you can accompl
accomplished in a stored procedure, simply because a st
statements. Let's look at a simple INSERT example.
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myInsert

@FirstName varchar(20),
@LastName varchar(30)
As
INSERT INTO Names(FirstName, LastName)
values(@FirstName, @LastName)
Go
Now, call this procedure with the parameters and it wil

'Names' table with the 'FirstName' and 'LastName' colum
approiately assigned. And here is an example of how to
from an ASP page:
>%
dim dataConn, sSql
dim FirstName, LastName
FirstName = "Nathan"
LastName = "Pond"
set dataConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
dataConn.Open "DSN=webData;uid=user;pwd=password" 'mak
sSql = "sp_myInsert '" & FirstName & "', '" & LastName
dataConn.Execute(sSql) 'execute sql call
%>
Remeber, you can use stored procedures for anything, in

DELETE calls. Just embed a sql statement into the proce
the above procedure doesn't return anything, so you don
same will be true for UPDATE and DELETE calls. The only
statement that returns a recordset is the SELECT statem
Now, just because a recordset isn't returned, it doesn'

value. Stored procedures have the ability to return sin
Let me show you a practical example of this. Suppose yo
user enters a username and password, and you need to lo
they match, then you allow the user to logon, otherwise
logon page. Without a stored procedures you would do so
>%
sSql = "Select * From User_Table Where UserName = '" &
Request.Form("UserName") & "' And Password = '
Request.Form("Password") & "'"
Set rs = dataConn.Execute(sSql) 'execute sql call
If rs.EOF Then
'Redirect user, incorrect login
Response.Redirect "Incorrect.htm"
End If
'process logon code
.............
%>
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Now let's look at how we would accomplish this same tas

First let's write the procedure.
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

@UserName varchar(16),
@Password varchar(16)
As
if exists(Select * From User_Table
Where UserName = @UserName
And
Password = @Password)
return(1)
else
return(0)
Go
What this procedure does is take the username and passw

the lookup. If a record is returned the stored procedur
if not the procedure will return 0. No recordset is ret
would use:
>%
<--#INCLUDE VIRTUAL="/include/adovbs.inc"-->
dim dataConn, adocmd, IsValid
Set adocmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
adocmd.CommandText = "sp_IsValidLogon"
adocmd.ActiveConnection = dataConn
adocmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
adocmd.Parameters.Append adocmd.CreateParameter("retur
adInteger, adParamReturnValue, 4)
adocmd.Parameters.Append adocmd.CreateParameter("usern
adVarChar, adParamInput, 16, _
Request.Form("UserName"))
adocmd.Parameters.Append adocmd.CreateParameter("passw
adVarChar, adParamInput, 16, _
Request.Form("Password"))
adocmd.Execute
IsValid = adocmd.Parameters("return").Value
If IsValid = 0 Then
'Redirect user, incorrect login
Response.Redirect "Incorrect.htm"
End If
'process logon code
.............
%>
Now lets slow down for a minute and I'll go through wha
a command object for ADO. I did this with:
Next I had to tell the object what command it would be
Notice that the command is the name of the stored proce

You must tell the command object which connection (data
.ActiveConnection. .CommandType is a property that tell
what type of command it is trying to execute. adCmdStor
variable declared in the include file adovbs.inc.
(For more information on adovbs.inc, be sure to read
ADOVBS.INC - Use It! (http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtec
It represents the number telling sql that the command i
The .Append method is used to add return values and par
the username and password parameters, as well as set up
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the command with .Execute, and .Parameters("return").Va

the return value from the procedure. I set that to the
If IsValid is 0, the login is incorrect, if it is 1, th
Now even after the explanation this is still a lot to t

is to dive into your server and try a few simple tasks
One note: sometimes I get errors when I try to .Append
I have already set the parameters. Meaning I might get
like this:
>%
.....
adocmd.ActiveConnection = dataConn
adocmd.CommandType = adCmdStoredProc
adocmd.Parameters.Append adocmd.CreateParameter("usern
adVarChar, adParamInput, 16, Request.Form("UserName"))
adocmd.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("password",
adVarChar, adParamInput, 16, Request.Form("Password"))
adocmd.Parameters.Append .CreateParameter("return", _
adInteger, adParamReturnValue, 4)
adocmd.Execute
IsValid = adocmd.Parameters("return").Value
.....
%>
I'm not exactly sure why this happens, but I just made
value first, then the parameters.
Now I know what some of you are saying. "The original A

and password without using a stored procedure is so muc
me! Can Stored Procedures actually be used to improve e
asked, because although the example above did require a
realize that it is much more efficient. Stored procedur
efficiency, though. For a full explanation of the benef
to read the SQL Guru's Advice (http://www.4guysfromrolla.
And now I am going to show you an example of a task whe
your database calls.
Assume you have the same script as before for validatin

really does is say whether it is a valid username and p
functionality in to log all failed attempts at logging
'FailedLogons'. If you weren't using a stored procedure
make another call to the database from your ASP code. H
stored procedure, we don't have to touch the ASP code a
procedure like so:
ALTER PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

As
And
Password = @Password)
begin
return(1)
end
else
begin
INSERT INTO FailedLogons(UserName, Password)
values(@UserName, @Password)
return(0)
end
Go
Wasn't that neat? But that's not all, while we're at it

functionality? Let's say that we want to run a check on
there have been more than 5 incorrect logins for that u
account will be disabled. We would have to have the 'Fa
up to have a 'dtFailed' column with a default value of
So when the incorrect logon is inserted into the table,
automatically. Then we would modify our stored procedur
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ALTER PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

As
And
Password = @Password
And
Active = 1)
begin
return(1)
end
else
begin
INSERT INTO FailedLogons(UserName, Password)
values(@UserName, @Password)
declare @totalFails int

Select @totalFails = Count(*) From FailedLogons
And dtFailed > GetDate()-1
if (@totalFails > 5)
UPDATE User_Table Set Active = 0
return(0)
end
Go
Now, let's take a closer look at what I was doing. Firs

username and password exist on the same row, and that t
user and exit the procedure. If the login is not ok tho
thing the procedure does is insert the record into the
Next we declare a variable to hold the number of failed
assign that value by using a sql statement to retrieve
within the same day. If that number is greater than 5,
hack that account so the the username will be disabled
'User_Table' to 0. Finally, return 0 letting the callin
the login was unsuccessful. To accomplish this same tas
needed to make 4 database calls. The way we just did it
plus the fact that all that functionality we added at t
we didn't have to touch the ASP code at all!
Note about 'begin/end': When using an 'If' statement in

as you keep the conditional code to one line you won't
'end' statement. Example:
if (@myvar=1)
return(1)
else
return(2)
However, if you need more than one line, it is required

and end. Example:
if (@myvar=1)
begin
do this.....
and this.....
return(1)
end
else
begin
do this....
return(2)
end
I hope that I have given enough information to keep you

If you're anything like me, getting the basics is the h
and learn on your own. That is why I decided to create
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Nathan I love the way you explained Stored procedure. I have use stored procedure in Oracle for my class project. Since you mentioned you Installed SQL SERVER 7.0 I was wondering what books did you buy for administration MS SQL SERVER 7.0
What books really helped you.
Because I have to install it on my NT Server which I just installed 2 day ago.
I have no clue how am I going to install it and administor it. I will be using MS SQL SERVER for my upcomming projects. So can you HELP.
Regards
Imran
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Imran,
Actually I don't really have any recommendations. I first learned some of the basics on usign MS SQL 6.5, and then a friend helped me upgrade to 7.0. Most of the stuff I learned was just from playing around with it. SQL 7 is VERY easy to install. I'm sure there are some goo
Regards,
Nathan
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A well explained mix of Asp, and stored procedures yet simple to understand even for Sql Server beginers like me. Articles like this are an asset to the programming community. A job well done.
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Excellent article this is the "RIGHT" way to do data access. For a tool that can write stored procedures automatically and uses ADO command objects in VB or ASP to call them using this same syntax see www.lockwoodtech.com. There are products for SQL Se
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Fantastic. Well, there are tons of site and lot of articles telling you about stored procedures and not to add some articles are not worded nicely. This article was not only worded nicely put was exactly what one would to start writing stored procedure. And to top it all
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Perfect Just what I was looking for
Thanks to the Author and planet-source-code
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Thanks Nathan for your help.
Now i can jump into using SP's as I am currently creating software that will need the most effecient menas of finding and returning data from a huge DB.
Thanks
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Thanks Nathan, this tutor was very useful to me as a newby in SP's.
I will definatley be using SP's for more effecient queries to by Db via my ASP pages and VB apps.
Thank you.
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Hi! I like the way you presented. You let me know the Stored Procedures easily. Keep on! I will read what you write!! One thing that I do not like. The page is not printer friendly. Some text at the right side are truncated!!
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Excellent article. It was referred to me by a friend who is learning SQL. I am a web developer who struggled with learning this stuff on my own. I wish I would have had this article then! Keep up the good work!
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Nathan, Great Job! Need a quick refresher on SP's and this did the trick. Thanks.
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Are you aware that prefixing user defined stored procedures with sp, as you have done in this article, makes their performance slightly worse than using another prefix?
This is because SQL server uses sp for built in stored procedures. When you call a stored procedure that starts with sp, SQL server will look for the built in procedure first, slowing your procedure calls down.
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Are you aware the prefixing user defined stored procedures with "sp" degrades their performance slightly?
SQL server uses sp as a prefix for its built in stored procedures. If you prefix your stored procedures with sp, SQL server will check for a built in stored procedure first, slighly affecting performance. Its a small amount but as we can choose whatever we want to prefix our spr
Good article though!

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This really is excellent! I developed an understanding of stored procedures, and saw how I could put it to use in an ASP application in 5(!) minutes!
Thanks, and I look forward to more of your tutorials!

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good work! keep it up
do u have any help writing stored procedure to typically create a flat file from the database in comma seperated format..
thanks
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cool article. the reason you have to append the 'return' parameter to the parameters collection first is because the stored procedure returns its value before any other output parameter. the order of other parameters appended to the collecttion has to match the order of paramete
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Excellent article for a beginner like me, thanks a lot, please keep posting like this, once again thanks a lot
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This article is PERFECT!!!! I just got a SQL 2000 Server for my databases yesterday and the stored procedures were the only thing I could not figure out. I went out and bought a book, looked all over the internet, and nothing. After reading your article I understand it like it is
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Excellent Contents.. Perfect for some one like me new to this area.. Good job done..
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A bit late, but previous comments regarding not using "sp" as the prefix should actually be that you shouldn't use "sp_" (note the underscore). It's OK to use "sp" (e.g., "spMyStoredProc"). From the SQL Server Online doc:
It is strongly recommended that you do not create any stored procedures using sp_ as a prefix. SQL Server always looks for stored procedures beginning with sp_ in this order:
1. Look for the stored procedure in the master database first.

2. Look for the stored procedure based on any qualifiers provided (database name or owner).
3. Look for the stored procedure using dbo as the owner, if one is not specified.
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great article!
by the way, i think sp_ stands for system procedure and not stored procedure.
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Thanks for your article. Using plain common sense explanations helped me to know
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Thanks Nathan, I read this article on 4guysfromrolla.com and thanks so much for teaching me sql server stored procedures, and accessing them with ADO.
Thanks again,
where can I find the exact same (wonderful) explanation of stored procedures but for calling them from VB 6.0 (not .asp)?
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this is not so complecated and easy thats why it is great.

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Hi, The article was very good and everything will work perfectly for SQL Server, however Oracle is another ugly beast that does not work quite as cleanly as SQL Server and requires things such as cursors and packages to return multiple resultsets. Good job though covering
It was a really helpful article for me to understand how to use stored procedures. Thank you so much for being kind enough to write this article in a manner others can easily understand. I think you have been 100% successful on this article. Again thank you very much and wis
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Very good & very easy Thanks man

Thank you so very much for your great help!!!

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Good stuff. Keep up the good work
Thanks to you Nathan for helping me out on working with Stored Procedures. I am a beginner on SQL Server2000 and I dont have knowledge on Stored Procs. Your article helps me understand and get me started to work with SP's. Thanks again.
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Very Helpful article. Very easy to understand. Good Job.

It really helped me in understanding the basic steps of writing stored procedures..Thanks for giving such valuable notes!!
want To learn more in Stored Procedure

Can U guide me?
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I wrote my wrote and executed my first stored procedure in 5 minutes. Great Guide! Thanks. :)
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Great.It really helped me in understanding the basic steps of writing stored procedures..Thanks for giving such valuable notes.can i use it with delphi since want to hide password from unauthorized users and have user-login table and user-login form , if so would u give me idea
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thanks much , now i m clear about stored preocdure. i have database project ms-sql server with delphi 7 , i have user-login table with field username and userpassword , and have userloginForm , so to hide password from unathorized users . so how to manage it , any help
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Hello,
nice work. i think you forgot one topic of returning outputs.
@FirstName varchar(20) output
now this will return an output in VB or some else languages.

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Good work. But did not write on relation between multiple stored procedures.
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Writing a Stored Procedure

By Nathan Pond (mailto:nathan@npond.com

If you're anything like me, you don't easily pick up on

Writing Stored Procedures doesn't have to be hard. When

Normally, you would call a database with a query like:

Select column1, column2 From Table1

To make this into a stored procedure, you simple execut

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

That's it, now all you have to do to get the recordset

Note: You can name a stored procedure anything you want

Now, I realize you aren't gaining much in this example.

Let's say that we want to expand on our previous query

Select column1, column2 From Table1

Well, I know we could hard code the 'Where column1 = 0'

DROP PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

Now we can recreate it with the input parameter built i

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

Ok, why don't we pause here and I'll explain in more de

If you want more than one parameter, you seperate them

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

And you would call it like this:

sp_myStoredProcedure 0, 'This is my string', 3.45

Note: The varchar datatype is used to hold strings. You

Now, I'm sure some of you are wondering if there is a d

Now let's see how we call the stored procedure.

As you can see, the only difference is the query that i

Now, before I get to far, let me introduce the ALTER co

ALTER PROCEDURE sp_myStoredProcedure

This will overwrite the stored procedure that was there

As promised I am going to dive into more detail about s

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_myInsert

Now, call this procedure with the parameters and it wil

Remeber, you can use stored procedures for anything, in

Now, just because a recordset isn't returned, it doesn'

Now let's look at how we would accomplish this same tas

CREATE PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

What this procedure does is take the username and passw

Set adocmd = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Command")

Next I had to tell the object what command it would be

Notice that the command is the name of the stored proce

the command with .Execute, and .Parameters("return").Va

Now even after the explanation this is still a lot to t

Now I know what some of you are saying. "The original A

Assume you have the same script as before for validatin

ALTER PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

Wasn't that neat? But that's not all, while we're at it

ALTER PROCEDURE sp_IsValidLogon

declare @totalFails int

Now, let's take a closer look at what I was doing. Firs

Note about 'begin/end': When using an 'If' statement in

However, if you need more than one line, it is required

I hope that I have given enough information to keep you

free to e-mail me at nathan@npond.com (mailto:nathan@npo

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