Stored Procedures Vs. Views

Question

I have used both but what I am not clear is when I should prefer one over the other. I mean I know stored procedure can take in parameters...but really we can still perform

Answer 1

Views are useful if there is a certain combination of tables, or a subset of data you consistently want to query, for example, an user joined with its permissions. Views should in fact be treated as tables.

Stored procedures are pieces of sql code that are 'compiled', as it where, to run more optimally than a random other query. The execution plan of sql code in a stored procedure is already built, so execution runs slightly smoother than that of an ordinary sql statement.