• Enhanced performance

• Reduced amount of communication between an application and the DBMS Server. The DBMS Server retains the query execution plan for a database procedure, reducing execution time.

• Control over access to data. The DBA can use the GRANT statement to enable a user to execute a procedure even if the user does not have permission to directly access the tables referenced in the procedure.

• Reusability and reduced coding time. The same procedure can be used in many applications.

• The ability to enforce integrity constraints (when used in conjunction with rules).