Over the past few years one major advantage that some databases, such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, have had over MySQL is their ability to use stored functions and stored procedures. Well, that was before MySQL 5; with MySQL 5 a database developer can start adding in their own bespoke functionality.

What are Stored Procedures and Stored Functions?

Any programmers reading this should already be comfortable with the concept of subroutines and functions: encapsulated pieces of code that can be called by programs - often used to carry out repetative or complicated tasks.

Subroutines and functions can be made available to a single program or many; and that, of course, is what stored procedures and stored functions are - they are procedures (or subroutines) and functions stored in the database.

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