13 June 2011

SQL Server: Procedure Cache (Definitions)

"An area of SQL Server memory used to hold trees and query plans that have recently been used or are currently in use by SQL Server." (Owen Williams, "MCSE TestPrep: SQL Server 6.5 Design and Implementation", 1998)

"A temporary storage location for the current, executing version of a specific stored procedure." (Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Training Kit", 1999)

"The part of the SQL Server memory pool that is used to store execution plans for Transact-SQL batches, stored procedures, and triggers." (Anthony Sequeira & Brian Alderman, "The SQL Server 2000 Book", 2003)

"A shared, reserved memory area that stores the most recently executed SQL statements or PL/SQL procedures (including triggers and functions). Also called SQL cache." (Carlos Coronel et al, "Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management" 9th Ed., 2011)

"The part of the SQL Server memory pool that is used to store execution plans for Transact-SQL batches, stored procedures, and triggers." (Microsoft, "SQL Server 2012 Glossary", 2012)

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