CREATE PROCEDURE NAME (parameter , parameter...) [RETURNS data_type]
{ statement ... }

parameter: parameter_type name data_type opt_default

parameter_type: IN | OUT | INOUT

opt_default: | DEFAULT literal | := literal

The create procedure statement actually performs a "create or replace" type operation. The create procedure statement compiles and stores a Virtuoso/PL procedure. The procedure text is first parsed and compiled into Virtuoso virtual machine code and if the compilation is successful the text is stored into the SYS_PROCEDURES table. This table is read at startup. Stored procedures are thus always available for use and need be defined only once. New procedures created with the same name as existing procedures automatically replace their predecessor.

	See Also:
	CREATE PROCEDURE Syntax - External hosted procedures

CREATE PROCEDURE FIBO (IN X INTEGER)
{
    IF (X < 2)
	RETURN X;
    ELSE
	RETURN (FIBO (X - 1) + FIBO (X - 2));
}

CREATE PROCEDURE CFIBO (IN X INTEGER)
{
    DECLARE RES INTEGER;

    RES := FIBO (X);

    RESULT_NAMES (RES);

    RESULT (RES);
}