Creating an extended stored procedure

Privileges

Only a system administrator can create extended stored procedures.

StepsCreating an extended stored procedure

  1. Select the Extended Stored Procedures folder.

  2. Select File | New | Extended Stored Procedure.

    The Extended Stored Procedure Creation wizard opens.

The Extended Stored Procedure Creation wizard asks for the following information:

Table 20-2: Inputs to extended stored procedure creation wizard

Input

Description

Name

A name for the extended stored procedure.

Owner

Name of the owner of the extended stored procedure.

DLL name

Name of the DLL associated with this extended stored procedure. Enter the name only, not the pathname.

The DLL must be in a directory that is part of the PATH variable on an NT system or the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable on a UNIX system.

The DLL does not need to exist when you create the extended stored procedure, but it must exist when you try to run the extended stored procedure.

Shortcut

Select the Extended Stored Procedures folder in the appropriate database. In the right pane, double-click the Add Extended Stored Procedure icon.