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Where do stored procedures reside in SQL Server?
Within SQL Server Studio, stored procedures, or procedures for short, reside within any database, under the programmability subdirectory.
Where is procedure stored?
SQL Server stored procedures are used to group one or more Transact-SQL statements into logical units. The stored procedure is stored as a named object in the SQL Server Database Server. When you call a stored procedure for the first time, SQL Server creates an execution plan and stores it in the cache.
How do I change a procedure name?
To rename a stored procedure Determine the dependencies of the stored procedure. Expand Stored Procedures, right-click the procedure to rename, and then click Rename. Modify the procedure name. Modify the procedure name referenced in any dependent objects or scripts.
What happens if a stored procedure has the same name?
Using the prefix can cause application code to break if there is a system procedure with the same name. A user-defined stored procedure that has the same name as a system stored procedure and is either nonqualified or is in the dbo schema will never be executed; the system stored procedure will always execute instead.
Is it OK to prefix a stored procedure with SP _?
There is no valid reason to name a stored procedure with the “sp_” prefix, unless you are intentionally creating a procedure in the master database. Sending SQL Server to the wrong database to find your stored procedure is not very optimal. It is confusing, inefficient, and can cause performance problems.
How do I protect my stored procedure code-codeproject?
Encryption is a good but not utterly tenable process. In this article, I would like to show you some best practices to protect SQL server code object. When you distribute SQL Server-based applications to customers and other third parties, you may be tempted to encrypt the source to your stored procedures, functions, and similar objects.
Where to find stored procedures in SQL Server?
As mentioned above, “sp_” tells SQL Server to look for your stored procedure in the master database. However, if you explicitly specify the database where the procedure is, SQL Server can go straight to it without first checking in the master database.