Chapter 13. Stored Procedures
• Benefits of using stored procedures
• Writing stored procedures
• Defining stored procedures
• Execution environments
• SQL Procedure Language
• Developing SQL stored procedures
• DB2 Development Center
A stored procedure is a program that is stored and executed within the control of the DBMS. Some DBMS products limit stored procedures to a subset of SQL functionality. DB2 implements stored procedures as externally compiled programs that run within specialized DB2 address spaces.
All DB2 stored procedures are compiled programs stored in a load library available at the DB2 server. The DB2 server can be either the local DB2 subsystem or a remote DB2 subsystem. These programs can execute SQL statements, connect to ...
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