A
Table of
User Defined Table Type has to be created of the same schema as that of the
Table Valued
parameter and then it is passed as Parameter to the
Stored Procedure in
SQL Server.
Database
I have made use of the following table Customers with the schema as follows.
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Creating User Defined Table Type
A
User Defined Table Type needs to be created in
SQL Server using the following
query.
CREATE TYPE [dbo].[CustomerType] AS TABLE(
[Id] [int] NULL,
[Name] [varchar](100) NULL,
[Country] [varchar](50) NULL
)
GO
Once the User Defined Table Type is created it will be visible in the Object Explorer as shown below.
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Creating Stored Procedure to Pass Table as Parameter (Table Valued Parameters)
The following
Stored Procedure needs to be created which will accept the Table of
CustomerType Type as parameter.
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Insert_Customers]
@tblCustomers CustomerType READONLY
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
INSERT INTO Customers(CustomerId, Name, Country)
SELECT Id, Name, Country FROM @tblCustomers
END
Executing Stored Procedure
A table variable of type CustomerType is created and then some records are inserted into it.
DECLARE @tblCustomers CustomerType
INSERT INTO @tblCustomers
SELECT 1, 'John Hammond', 'United States'
UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'Mudassar Khan', 'India'
UNION ALL
SELECT 3, 'Suzanne Mathews', 'France'
UNION ALL
SELECT 4, 'Robert Schidner', 'Russia'
EXEC [dbo].[Insert_Customers] @tblCustomers
Screenshot
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