What is a SQL Server module?

Question

I just came across the system view sys.sql_modules today. What is a module versus a DB object? The view returns, most prominently, a column containing the def

Answer 1

I came across to this question when I wanted to get detailed explanation of EXECUTE command. I wanted to have deep understanding how to read t-sql help of command and realized that I haven't known what module means.

I just want to add these these to the list of sql modules:

• system stored procedure,
• user-defined stored procedure,
• CLR stored procedure,
• scalar-valued user-defined function,
• or extended stored procedure.

Executes a command string or character string within a Transact-SQL batch, or one of the following modules: system stored procedure, user-defined stored procedure, CLR stored procedure, scalar-valued user-defined function, or extended stored procedure. The EXECUTE statement can be used to send pass-through commands to linked servers. Additionally, the context in which a string or command is executed can be explicitly set. Metadata for the result set can be defined by using the WITH RESULT SETS options.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-elements/execute-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017