How to execute a stored procedure inside a select query

Question

SELECT col1,
       col2,
       col3,

EXEC GetAIntFromStoredProc(T.col1) AS col4
     FROM Tbl AS T
     WHERE (col2 = @parm) 

How to write this

Answer 1

Thanks @twoleggedhorse.

Here is the solution.

1. First we created a function

   CREATE FUNCTION GetAIntFromStoredProc(@parm Nvarchar(50)) RETURNS INTEGER
   
   AS
   BEGIN
      DECLARE @id INTEGER
   
      set @id= (select TOP(1) id From tbl where col=@parm)
   
      RETURN @id
   END
   

2. then we do the select query

   Select col1, col2, col3,
   GetAIntFromStoredProc(T.col1) As col4
   From Tbl as T
   Where col2=@parm
   

Answer 2

As long as you're not doing any INSERT or UPDATE statements in your stored procedure, you will probably want to make it a function.

Stored procedures are for executing by an outside program, or on a timed interval.

The answers here will explain it better than I can:

Function vs. Stored Procedure in SQL Server

Answer 3

Functions are easy to call inside a select loop, but they don't let you run inserts, updates, deletes, etc. They are only useful for query operations. You need a stored procedure to manipulate the data.

So, the real answer to this question is that you must iterate through the results of a select statement via a "cursor" and call the procedure from within that loop. Here's an example:

DECLARE @myId int;
DECLARE @myName nvarchar(60);
DECLARE myCursor CURSOR FORWARD_ONLY FOR
    SELECT Id, Name FROM SomeTable;
OPEN myCursor;
FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myId, @myName;
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0 BEGIN
    EXECUTE dbo.myCustomProcedure @myId, @myName;
    FETCH NEXT FROM myCursor INTO @myId, @myName;
END;
CLOSE myCursor;
DEALLOCATE myCursor;

Note that @@FETCH_STATUS is a standard variable which gets updated for you. The rest of the object names here are custom.

Answer 4

"Not Possible". You can use a function instead of the stored procedure.

Answer 5

You can create a temp table matching your proc output and insert into it.

CREATE TABLE #Temp (
    Col1 INT
)

INSERT INTO #Temp
    EXEC MyProc

Answer 6

"Not Possible". You can do this using this query. Initialize here

declare @sql nvarchar(4000)=''

Set Value & exec command of your sp with parameters

SET @sql += ' Exec spName @param'
EXECUTE sp_executesql @sql,  N'@param type', @param = @param