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RDB$PROCEDURES

RDB$PROCEDURES stores the definitions of stored procedures, including their PSQL source code and the binary language representation (BLR) of it. The next table, RDB$PROCEDURE_PARAMETERS, stores the definitions of input and output parameters.

Column Name Data Type Description
RDB$PROCEDURE_NAME CHAR(31) Stored procedure name (identifier)
RDB$PROCEDURE_ID SMALLINT The procedure's unique, system-generated identifier
RDB$PROCEDURE_INPUTS SMALLINT Indicates the number of input parameters. NULL if there are none
RDB$PROCEDURE_OUTPUTS SMALLINT Indicates the number of output parameters. NULL if there are none
RDB$DESCRIPTION BLOB TEXT Any text comments related to the procedure
RDB$PROCEDURE_SOURCE BLOB TEXT The PSQL source code of the procedure
RDB$PROCEDURE_BLR BLOB BLR The binary language representation (BLR) of the procedure code
RDB$SECURITY_CLASS CHAR(31) May point to the security class defined in the system table RDB$SECURITY_CLASSES in order to apply access control limits
RDB$OWNER_NAME CHAR(31) The user name of the procedure's Owner—the user who was CURRENT_USER when the procedure was first created. It may or may not be the user name of the author
RDB$RUNTIME BLOB A metadata description of the procedure, used internally for optimization
RDB$SYSTEM_FLAG SMALLINT Indicates whether the procedure is defined by a user (value 0) or by the system (a value of 1 or greater)
RDB$PROCEDURE_TYPE SMALLINT Procedure type:
1 - selectable stored procedure (contains a SUSPEND statement)
2 - executable stored procedure
NULL - not known *

* for procedures created before Firebird 1.5

RDB$VALID_BLR SMALLINT Indicates whether the source PSQL of the stored procedure remains valid after the latest ALTER PROCEDURE modification
RDB$DEBUG_INFO BLOB Contains debugging information about variables used in the stored procedure

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