Exec. Procedure

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Executes a Stored Procedure in the Server's Database. You must import Stored Procedures (at the Database Connection Profile) before using this Action.

Action available for the following operating systems:

Parameters

• Stored Procedure - Stored Procedure to be executed.

Sources

• Source <string> or <numeric> - Value to pass to the first Stored Procedure Parameter.

Targets

• Column <unquoted string> - Name of the column to retrieve. This parameter is merely informative and has no impact whatsoever. What matters is the index of the Column. Therefore, this refers to the first returned Column.

• Target <target> - Control or Variable where to save the value of the first returned Column.

Usage

Consider the following Database Table:

Products
Code Numeric	Name String	Stock Numeric
1	Coca Cola	100
2	Pepsi Cola	400
3	Pork Chops	300

Consider the following Stored Procedure who returns the stock of a given Product code:

getStock
Input Parameter	Parameter Type
Code	Numeric

Example 1

Stored Procedure	getStock
Parameter	Source
Code	1
Column	Target
Stock	VAR(0)

Result:

Variable	Value
VAR(0)	100

Notice that for this operation is necessary to create an ODBC Connnection and a Database Connection Profile.

See Stored Procedures chapter for more information.

Kalipso doesn't support Output Parameters so you have to delete them from the Stored Procedure's definitions inside your Project.

To return values from a Stored Procedure, just do a Select inside it.