SQL server stored procedure return a table

Question

I have a stored procedure that takes in two parameters. I can execute it successfully in Server Management Studio. It shows me the results which are as I expect. However it

Answer 1

You can use an out parameter instead of the return value if you want both a result set and a return value

CREATE PROCEDURE proc_name 
@param int out
AS
BEGIN
    SET @param = value
SELECT ... FROM [Table] WHERE Condition
END
GO

Answer 2

Consider creating a function which can return a table and be used in a query.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186755.aspx

The main difference between a function and a procedure is that a function makes no changes to any table. It only returns a value.

In this example I'm creating a query to give me the counts of all the columns in a given table which aren't null or empty.

There are probably many ways to clean this up. But it illustrates a function well.

USE Northwind

CREATE FUNCTION usp_listFields(@schema VARCHAR(50), @table VARCHAR(50))
RETURNS @query TABLE (
    FieldName VARCHAR(255)
    )
BEGIN
    INSERT @query
    SELECT
        'SELECT ''' + @table+'~'+RTRIM(COLUMN_NAME)+'~''+CONVERT(VARCHAR, COUNT(*)) '+
    'FROM '+@schema+'.'+@table+' '+
          ' WHERE isnull("'+RTRIM(COLUMN_NAME)+'",'''')<>'''' UNION'
    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = @table and TABLE_SCHEMA = @schema
    RETURN
END

Then executing the function with

SELECT * FROM usp_listFields('Employees')

produces a number of rows like:

SELECT 'Employees~EmployeeID~'+CONVERT(VARCHAR, COUNT(*)) FROM dbo.Employees  WHERE isnull("EmployeeID",'')<>'' UNION
SELECT 'Employees~LastName~'+CONVERT(VARCHAR, COUNT(*)) FROM dbo.Employees  WHERE isnull("LastName",'')<>'' UNION
SELECT 'Employees~FirstName~'+CONVERT(VARCHAR, COUNT(*)) FROM dbo.Employees  WHERE isnull("FirstName",'')<>'' UNION

Answer 3

create procedure PSaleCForms
as
begin
declare 
@b varchar(9),
@c nvarchar(500),
@q nvarchar(max)
declare @T table(FY nvarchar(9),Qtr int,title nvarchar    (max),invoicenumber     nvarchar(max),invoicedate datetime,sp decimal    18,2),grandtotal decimal(18,2))
declare @data cursor
set @data= Cursor
forward_only static
for 
select x.DBTitle,y.CurrentFinancialYear from [Accounts     Manager].dbo.DBManager x inner join [Accounts Manager].dbo.Accounts y on        y.DBID=x.DBID where x.cfy=1
open @data
fetch next from @data
into @c,@b
while @@FETCH_STATUS=0
begin
set @q=N'Select '''+@b+''' [fy], case cast(month(i.invoicedate)/3.1 as int)     when 0 then 4 else cast(month(i.invoicedate)/3.1 as int) end [Qtr],     l.title,i.invoicenumber,i.invoicedate,i.sp,i.grandtotal from     ['+@c+'].dbo.invoicemain i inner join  ['+@c+'].dbo.ledgermain l on     l.ledgerid=i.ledgerid where (sp=0 or stocktype=''x'') and invoicetype=''DS'''

insert into @T exec [master].dbo.sp_executesql @q fetch next from @data into @c,@b end close @data deallocate @data select * from @T return end