Stored procedures contain procedural constructs with SQL statements. Stored procedures are stored in databases and run on servers. An application can call a stored procedure by name and run the SQL statements that are included in the stored procedure. The application can be on the client, while the stored procedure executes its logic on the server. Stored procedures and user-defined functions are sometimes referred to collectively as routines.
Before you create stored procedures, you must complete some setup steps. See Preparing to develop routines for more information.
Stored procedure development is not supported for every available data source. See Routine support by server type for details.
To create stored procedures, you must have the required authorities and privileges. See Authorities for DB2 stored procedures and user-defined functions for details.