A stored procedure is a collection of SQL statements that are pre-compiled and stored in databases. Stored Procedures are defined with a Name, parameter list, and SQL statements and these SQL statements can be single or multiple.<\/p>\n
When a procedure calls itself it is called a recursive stored procedure, all DBs support them except MYSQL.<\/p>\n
Stored procedures are needed when we need to execute the same statement\/queries multiple times, we create a stored procedure for them and store them in the database whenever those statements are required to run just call the stored procedure.<\/p>\n
Here are a few advantages of Stored procedures<\/em><\/p>\n