- They're not portable across different SQL dialects

- No sproc debugging tools in the MySQL package

- The MySQLSQL language variant used in stored routines is prolix, primitive, awkward and buggy

- They do not generally iprove performance

- They cannot be passed and cannot return return resultsets

Suggestion: use them only when you need the functionalities that are only available in them---control flow constructs, MySQL error handlers.

Last updated 17 Aug 2024