MySql stored procedures: How to select from procedure table?

Question

Let\'s say we have a stored procedure selecting something from a table:

CREATE PROCEDURE database.getExamples() 
SELECT * FROM examples;

How can I use

Answer 1

Reformulated the question in this thread: Can a stored procedure/function return a table?. Obviously, it isn't possible without the use for temp tables.

Answer 2

In SQL server you can then do SELECT * FROM database.getExamples()

If you want to re-use the 'procedure' then, yes, I would put it into a table valued function.

Otherwise you could just SELECT INTO a #temporary table inside the stored procedure.

Answer 3

CREATE TABLE #TempTable
(OID int IDENTITY (1,1),
VAr1 varchar(128) NOT NULL,
VAr2 varchar(128) NOT NULL)

Populate temporary table

INSERT INTO #TempTable(VAr1 , VAr2 )
SELECT * FROM examples