Views and Stored Procedures

[tkestell]

Is it possible to use a stored procedure as the source of data for a view?

The reason I want to use a stored procedure is because (for this particular
situation),
the execution speed is significantly faster.

[SOLSPEAKS]

If by stored procedure you mean a database function, the answer is yes. You
can simply use the value returned by the function as a column in your view.

For example,
If you had a function named ACTION1 that took a single parameter, could
create a view as follows:

create view test1 as select ename,action1(enum) action_enu m from employee;

The only caveat is that the function must not change the state of the
database. (The only DML it may perform is a SELECT. No UPDATES,DELETES, or
INSERTS).
"tkestell" <tk******@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Is it possible to use a stored procedure as the source of data for a view?

The reason I want to use a stored procedure is because (for this particular situation),
the execution speed is significantly faster.