In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, expand that instance, and then expand Databases. Expand the database that you want, expand Programmability, and then expand Stored Procedures. Right-click the user-defined stored procedure that you want and select Execute Stored Procedure.
How does SQL execute a query?
Whenever SQL Server gets a query to execute it performs two major steps to return the query output. The first step is query compilation, which generates a query execution plan by the SQL Server relational engine and the second step is execution of the query execution plan by the SQL Server storage engine.
How do you execute a query?
- Locate the query in the Navigation Pane.
- Do one of the following: Double-click the query you want to run. Click the query you want to run, then press ENTER.
- When the parameter prompt appears, enter a value to apply as a criterion.