T-SQL Stored Procedure Coding Guidelines
Transact-SQL (T-SQL) stored procedures should be treated just like reusable application code. You should follow these suggested guidelines to ensure that your stored procedures are solid and robust:
• Check all parameters for valid values and return an error message if a problem exists.
• Be sure that the parameter data types match the column data types they are compared against to avoid data type mismatches and poor query optimization.
• Check the @@error system function after each SQL statement, especially insert, update, and delete, to verify that the statements executed successfully. Return a status code other than 0 if a failure occurs.
• Be sure to comment your code so that when you or others have ...
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