One stored procedure to do Add, Update, Select and Delete

  • I would like to know if it is possible to build one SP to perform all the functions (Add, Update, delete and Select) and then use this in my code instead of making one SP per action. I know this is possible but the update part throws me a little. I used an online example to explain where I fall short on the subject.

    USE [SomeTable]

    GO

    SET ANSI_NULLS ON

    GO

    SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

    GO

    ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[MasterInsertUpdateDelete]

    ( @id INTEGER,

    @firstname VARCHAR(10) = null,

    @lastname VARCHAR(10) = null,

    @salary DECIMAL(10,2) = null,

    @city VARCHAR(20)= null,

    @StatementType nvarchar(20) = '')

    AS

    BEGIN

    IF @StatementType = 'Insert'

    BEGIN

    insert into employee (id,firstname,lastname,salary,city) values( @id, @firstname, @lastname, @salary, @city)

    END

    IF @StatementType = 'Select'

    BEGIN

    select * from employee

    END

    IF @StatementType = 'Update'

    BEGIN

    UPDATE employee SET Firstname = @firstname, lastname = @lastname, salary = @salary, city = @city WHERE id = @id

    END

    else IF @StatementType = 'Delete'

    BEGIN

    DELETE FROM employee WHERE id = @id

    END

    end

    So using this as the Stored Procedure, how would I update a records Salary alone by the ID without having to use all the information with just the salary being the new value?

  • Set first name=coalesce(@firstname,first name),last name =coalesce(@lastname,last name) etc.

    A where clause in the select would also be a great idea.

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  • I would also add validation to your procedure. For example, what if you run this:

    EXEC MasterInsertUpdateDelete @firstname = 'John', @lastname = 'Smith', @city = 'Denver', @StatementType = 'Delete'

    Your Delete statement only accepts @id which isn't supplied. Your procedure should immediately check the @StatementType and ensure that the appropriate parameters have been supplied.

    -SQLBill

  • SQLBill (4/29/2015)


    I would also add validation to your procedure. For example, what if you run this:

    EXEC MasterInsertUpdateDelete @firstname = 'John', @lastname = 'Smith', @city = 'Denver', @StatementType = 'Delete'

    Your Delete statement only accepts @id which isn't supplied. Your procedure should immediately check the @StatementType and ensure that the appropriate parameters have been supplied.

    -SQLBill

    the @id is not nullible so there will be an error 201 thrown if not provided.

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  • Not, in general, a good idea. Procedures with multiple branching logic often suffer from performance problems, and besides it's against good software engineering practices (single responsibility principle)

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • I believe SQL will compile all statements when the proc is loaded, so there's overhead there.

    If you do this, though, at least make it as efficient as possible by using the "ELSE IF" approach throughout the code.

    SET ANSI_NULLS ON

    SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON

    GO

    ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[MasterInsertUpdateDelete]

    ( @id INTEGER,

    @firstname VARCHAR(10) = null,

    @lastname VARCHAR(10) = null,

    @salary DECIMAL(10,2) = null,

    @city VARCHAR(20)= null,

    @StatementType nvarchar(20) = ''

    )

    AS

    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    IF @StatementType = 'Select'

    BEGIN

    select * from employee

    END

    ELSE IF @StatementType = 'Update'

    BEGIN

    UPDATE employee

    SET Firstname = @firstname, lastname = @lastname, salary = @salary, city = @city

    WHERE id = @id

    END

    ELSE IF @StatementType = 'Insert'

    BEGIN

    insert into employee (id,firstname,lastname,salary,city)

    select @id, @firstname, @lastname, @salary, @city

    END

    ELSE IF @StatementType = 'Delete'

    BEGIN

    DELETE FROM employee

    WHERE id = @id

    END

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  • I would be wary of a design like that. How would you deny update/delete on a table if you had all of your stored procedures like that? If they only did one thing, you'd just deny to the stored procedures that did update and delete. Problem solved. With your solution, it would get complicated fast.

  • There are pros and cons to this but here's an article with some templates:

    Using Stored Procedures to Provide an Application’s Business-Logic Layer [/url]


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  • Thanks everyone for the responses. I can see that although it is possible I think I should separate the statements for simplicity and speed. I appreciate how everyone came together to help me with this!. Thank you

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