When should I use stored procedures?

Question

When should I be using stored procedures instead of just writing the logic directly in my application? I\'d like to reap the benefits of stored procedures, but I\'d also lik

Answer 1

I agree that they should be used often and well.

The use case I think is extremely compelling and extremely useful is if you are taking in a lot of raw information that should be separated out into several tables, where the some of the data may have records that already exist and need to be connected by foreign key id, then you can just IF EXISTS checks and insert if it doesn't or return key if it does, which makes everything more uniform, succinct, and maintainable in the long run.

The only case where I would suggest against using them is if you are doing a lot of logic or number crunching between queries which is best done in the app server OR if you are working for a company where keeping all of the logic in the code is important for maintainability/understanding what is happening. If you have a git repository full of everything anyone would need and is easily understandable, that can be very valuable.