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                 SQL Server user-defined functions and stored procedures offer similar functionality. Both allow you to create bundles of SQL statements that are stored on the server for future use. This offers you a tremendous efficiency benefit, as you can save programming time by: Reusing code from one program to another, cutting down on program development time. Hiding the SQL details, allowing database developers to worry about SQL and application developers to deal only in higher-level languages Centralize maintenance, allowing you to make business logic changes in a single place that automatically affect all dependent applications           At first glance, functions and stored procedures seem identical. However, there are several subtle, yet important differences between the two: Stored procedures are called independently, using the EXEC command, while functions are called from within another SQL sta...

Microsoft SQL Server provides the stored procedure mechanism to simplify the database development process by grouping Transact-SQL statements into manageable blocks. Benefits of Stored Procedures Why should we use stored procedures? Let's take a look at the key benefits of this technology: Precompiled execution . SQL Server compiles each stored procedure once and then reutilizes the execution plan. This results in tremendous performance boosts when stored procedures are called repeatedly. Reduced client/server traffic . If network bandwidth is a concern in your environment, you'll be happy to learn that stored procedures can reduce long SQL queries to a single line that is transmitted over the wire. Efficient reuse of code and programming abstraction . Stored procedures can be used by multiple users and client programs. If you utilize them in a planned manner, you'll find the development cycle takes less time. Enhanced security controls . You can grant users permissi...