What is stored procedure vs sql loader

Jonathan Brotto 420 Reputation points
2024-06-14T18:48:46.0466667+00:00

I'm reviewing some system setup on SQL server and for inbound data we use a stored procedure and outbound we are using the something called SQL Loader. Like a definition of both and tools that could be used.

I'm the business analyst and lot of documentation is technical.

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  1. LiHongMSFT-4306 30,671 Reputation points
    2024-06-17T02:49:16.4366667+00:00

    Hi @Jonathan Brotto

    Stored procedures are a set of SQL statements that have been pre-compiled and stored in the database. They are usually used to perform complex operations such as data validation, data manipulation, and business logic execution.

    Regarding SQL Loader, I am not an expert on that. It is an Oracle utility that allows you to efficiently load large amounts of data from external sources into a database.

    Best regards,

    Cosmog Hong


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  1. Michael Taylor 56,946 Reputation points
    2024-06-14T19:26:54.7633333+00:00

    SQL Loader is an Oracle tool. It is not part of the MS SQL Server toolset. Just a complete guess but you're importing data into SQL using stored procedures but you're exporting data back to Oracle using Oracle's SQL Loader tool. This is most likely to take advantage of their toolset to get the data into Oracle.

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