TIP: Managing Stored Procedures with Multiplication

Sometimes, T-SQL stored procedures are too large to manage. Often, using multiple shorter stored procedures is better than using one long stored procedure.

William Vaughn

April 1, 2004

1 Min Read
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T-SQL stored procedures can be too large to manage. If the query optimizer gives up trying to come up with a good query plan (and it will if it feels the query is too complex), you need to simplify your stored procedure. Executing four 100-line stored procedures is often better than executing one 400-line procedure.

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