Stored procedures (or stored routines, to use the official MySQL terminology) are programs that are both stored and executed within the database server. Stored procedures have been features in ...

Stored procedures are structured SQL statements stored in the database in a compiled form so they can be accessed in a standard way across multiple applications, according to MySQL. Stored ...

Tony Patton discusses the merits of stored procedures versus placing SQL directly in the code. Find out which one is best for your particular situation.