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Functions vs Stored Procedures

390534Sep 23 2003 — edited Nov 24 2011
I have a dumb question for all the Oracle Experts....

What is the difference between using Stored Procedures and Functions in Oracle 9i (all Oracle for that matter I guess).

They both can return values, they both take parameters... Is there any difference?

I know in the app dev world functions can be overloaded in an inheritance structure but not sure about the dif in a DB world?????

What are Pros and Cons of each?

Just curious,
Miller
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