Stored procedures are a powerful feature of SQL that allow you to encapsulate a set of SQL statements into a single named unit. This can make your code more reusable, maintainable, and performant.
Dynamic SQL stored procedures take this a step further by allowing you to construct and execute SQL statements at runtime. This can be useful for a variety of scenarios, such as:
- Generating custom queries based on user input.
- Executing complex queries that are difficult to write in static SQL.
- Dynamically generating DDL statements to create or alter database objects.
Dynamic SQL stored procedures are useful for data engineers in a number of ways. For example, they can be used to: