5 Benefits of using stored procedures in database management

1. Simplifies complex operations by encapsulating processing in easily adaptable units.

2. The consistency of the data is ensured by not requiring the repeated establishment of a series of processing steps. If all developers and applications use the same stored procedure, the code used is the same.

The extension of this point is to prevent errors. The more steps you need to perform, the greater the likelihood of error. Preventing errors guarantees consistency of the data.

3. Simplify the management of changes. If the table name, column name, or business logic (or something else) changes, only the code for the stored procedure needs to be changed. The people who use it don't even need to know about these changes.

The extension of this point is security. Restricting access to the underlying data through stored procedures reduces the chance of data corruption (data corruption by unconscious or other causes).

4. Because stored procedures are usually stored in a compiled form, the DBMS does less work to process commands. The result is improved performance.

5. There are some SQL elements and attributes that can be used only in a single request, and stored procedures use them to write more powerful and flexible code.

In summary, there are three main benefits of using stored procedures, namely simplicity, security, and high performance.

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A stored procedure (Stored Procedure) is a set of SQL statements that are compiled and stored in a database in order to complete a specific function. The user executes it by specifying the name of the stored procedure and giving the parameter (if the stored procedure has parameters). Stored procedures are an important object in a database, and any well-designed database application should use stored procedures.