Do you have experience with stored procedures?

Stored procedures are precompiled SQL code blocks that reside in the database. They encapsulate business logic, reduce network traffic, and improve performance by executing on the server side. A typical stored procedure might accept parameters, perform SELECT/INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE operations, and return result sets or status codes. For example, in SQL Server:

CREATE PROCEDURE GetEmployeeById

@EmpID INT

AS

BEGIN

SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE EmployeeID = @EmpID;

END;

Using stored procedures also enhances security by allowing fine‑grained permissions; users can be granted EXECUTE rights without direct table access. They are widely used in ETL processes, reporting, and as part of application logic in both relational and NoSQL databases that support procedural extensions.