TSQL: Call a stored procedure from another stored procedure and read the result

Question

I have a stored procedure that, ending with a SELECT, returns a recordset. I can call it within anoher stored procedure like this:

EXEC procedure @param
         


        

Answer 1

First, you CANNOT RETURN a recordset by stored procedure. By return, a stored procedure can only return integers.

You mentioned SELECT statement, which is a DQL and just for display purpose.

The way you can do to work around this issue is that you can assign the recordset to a global temporary table which can also be accessed within the outer stored procedure.