How to: Create a Stored Procedure (SQL Server Management Studio)

1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 Database Engine and then expand that instance.

2. Expand Databases, expand the database in which the stored procedure belongs, and then expand Programmability.

3. Right-click Stored Procedures, and then click New Stored Procedure.

4. On the Query menu, click Specify Values for Template Parameters.

5. In the Specify Values for Template Parameters dialog box, the Value column contains suggested values for the parameters. Accept the values or replace them with new values, and then click OK.

6. In the query editor, replace the SELECT statement with the statements for your procedure.

7. To test the syntax, on the Query menu, click Parse.

8. To create the stored procedure, on the Query menu, click Execute.

9. To save the script, on the File menu, click Save. Accept the file name or replace it with a new name, and then click Save.

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1. In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of SQL Server 2005 Database Engine and then expand that instance.

2. Expand Databases, expand the AdventureWorks database, and then expand Programmability.

3. Right-click Stored Procedures, and then click New Stored Procedure.

4. On the Query menu, click Specify Values for Template Parameters.

5. In the Specify Values for Template Parameters dialog box, enter the following values for the parameters shown.

   Parameter	Value
   Author	Your name
   Create Date	Today's date
   Description	Returns employee data.
   Procedure_name	HumanResources.uspGetEmployees
   @Param1	@LastName
   @Datatype_For_Param1	nvarchar(50)
   Default_Value_For_Param1	NULL
   @Param2	@FirstName
   @Datatype_For_Param2	nvarchar(50)
   Default_Value_For_Param2	NULL

6. Click OK.

7. In the query editor, replace the SELECT statement with the following statement:

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       SELECT FirstName, LastName, JobTitle, Department
       FROM HumanResources.vEmployeeDepartment
       WHERE FirstName = @FirstName AND LastName = @LastName;
   

8. To test the syntax, on the Query menu, click Parse. If an error message is returned, compare the statements with the information above and correct as needed.

9. To create the stored procedure, on the Query menu, click Execute.

10. To save the script, on the File menu, click Save. Enter a new file name, and then click Save.

11. To run the stored procedure, on the toolbar, click New Query.

12. In the query window, enter the following statements:

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    USE AdventureWorks;
    GO
    EXECUTE HumanResources.uspGetEmployees @FirstName = N'Diane', @LastName = N'Margheim';
    GO
    

13. On the Query menu, click Execute.

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