calling a sp from a function

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Hi,
can we call a stored procedure in a function?
If yes, how to do it?

[EDIT - OP code from comment]

SQL

CREATE PROCEDURE USP_TEST
AS
BEGIN
	PRINT 1
END

CREATE FUNCTION TEST_1() 
RETURNS INT
bEGIN
	DECLARE @C INT
	EXEC USP_TEST
	RETURN @C
END

SELECT DBO.Test_1()

Posted 23-Nov-13 3:04am

anilrepala505

Updated 23-Nov-13 4:48am

CHill60

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thatraja 23-Nov-13 9:09am

why do you want that?

anilrepala505 23-Nov-13 9:46am

i have a sp and i want to call in function

anilrepala505 23-Nov-13 9:46am

CREATE PROCEDURE USP_TEST
AS
BEGIN
PRINT 1
END

CREATE FUNCTION TEST_1()
RETURNS INT
bEGIN
DECLARE @C INT
EXEC USP_TEST
RETURN @C
END

SELECT DBO.Test_1()

CHill60 23-Nov-13 10:49am

What happened when you tried it?

anilrepala505 23-Nov-13 10:55am

Msg 557, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Only functions and some extended stored procedures can be executed from within a function.

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CHill60 · Answer 1 · 2013-11-23T06:54:00

Solution 1

Well the error message is quite clear ... you can't do that.
http://www.unglesbee.com/wordpress/msg-557-sql-server-error-messages/[^]

See if you can replace your stored procedure with a function, or convert your function into a stored procedure

Posted 23-Nov-13 6:54am

CHill60