Rick Morrison wrote:
> Only rarely is there only one way to do something in MSSQL ;-)
>
> Stored procedures can also be called simply by name, omitting the "EXEC":
>
> EXEC procedure_foo <parms>
> or
> procedure_foo <parms>
True, as long as the call is the first statement in the batch;
otherwise, you need the exec.
>
> and I believe they can also be called from within a subquery:
>
> select * from (procedure_foo)
No, but mssql has the concept of "table-valued user defined function",
so you could have something like
select * from dbo.foo(@var)
-- think of it as a "parameterized view".
I agree that something like the "returns_results" hint might be a good
way to go.
--
Don Dwiggins
Advanced Publishing Technology
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