What is the difference between a stored procedure and a User-Defined Function (UDF)?
What is the difference between a stored procedure and a User-Defined Function (UDF)?
Stored procedures have the capability to execute a wide range of database operations, including data manipulation and transactional control, while User-Defined Functions (UDFs) are limited and primarily used to return a single value based on input parameters. UDFs cannot perform operations that modify the database state, such as Insert, Update, or Delete operations.
Stored Procedures Can Access the Database; UDFs May Not
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/stored-procedures-overview#differences-between-stored-procedures-and-udfs
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-guide/stored-procedures-vs-udfs#udfs-may-not-access-the-database-stored-procedures-can
A. Stored procedures can execute database operations while UDFs cannot
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