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Chapter 8 – Developing SQL stored
procedures
Stored procedures provide an efficient way to run business logic by reducing the overhead
of SQL statements and result sets that are passed back and forth through the network.
Among the different languages that DB2 supports to write stored procedures, SQL is the
language of preference because of its efficiency and simplicity. Moreover, SQL stored
procedures are simpler to develop and manage.
Data Studio supports stored procedure development and debugging. In this chapter, you
will learn:
• Why stored procedures are so popular and useful
• An overview of the steps to develop and debug a stored procedure
• How to create, test, and deploy a sample SQL stored procedure using Data Studio
• How to edit, and debug a sample SQL stored procedure using Data Studio
Note:
DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows supports stored procedures written in SQL (SQL PL),
PL/SQL, Java, C/C++, COBOL, and CLR. However, from Data Studio you can only
develop stored procedures using SQL, PL/SQL and Java. In this chapter, we focus on
writing SQL procedures. Learn more by reading the following document:
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v10r1/topic/com.ibm.db2.luw.apdv.sqlpl.doc/do
c/c0024289.html