SQL Server: Table-valued Functions vs. Stored Procedures

Question

I have been doing a lot of reading up on execution plans and the problems of dynamic parameters in stored procedures. I know the suggested solutions for this.

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Answer 1

I haven't verified this, but I take for granted that the execution plan for functions are also cached. I can't see a reason why that would not be possible.

The execution plan for views are however not cached. The query in the view will be part of the query that uses the view, so the execution plan can be cached for the query that uses the view, but not for the view itself.

The use of functions versus stored procedured depends on what result you need from it. A table-valued function can return a single result, while a stored procedure can return one result, many results, or no result at all.