====== Requirements for Stored Procedures ======

Stored procedures have a pre-defined structure and syntax.  The type of stored procedure, either function or subroutine, must be declared, a name for the stored procedure, and arguments and their data types, if required, must be provided. The following sections elaborate on these requirements.

==== Related Topics ====

[[conventions_for_stored_procedure|Conventions for Stored Procedures and Arguments]]

[[arguments_and_their_data_types|Arguments and their Data Types]]

[[the_compile_keyword_optional|The Compile Keyword (Optional)]]

[[the_contract_block|The Contract Block]]