stored procedure returns varchar

Question

I would like to know if in SQL is it possible to return a varchar value from a stored procedure, most of the examples I have seen the return value is an int.

Answer 1

You can use out parameter or the resulset to return any data type.
Return values should always be integer

CREATE PROCEDURE GetImmediateManager
   @employeeID INT,
   @managerName VARCHAR OUTPUT
AS
BEGIN
   SELECT @managerName = ManagerName
   FROM HumanResources.Employee 
   WHERE EmployeeID = @employeeID
END

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