How to create a stored procedure within another stored procedure in SQL Server 2008

Question

I want to create a stored procedure to be used within a stored procedure something like shown below. Is this possible?

CREATE procedure parentSP
as 

--child SP definition.
CREATE procedure childSP1 @inputArg varchar(50)
as 
--do something.
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--call child sp within parentSP
execute childSP1 '10'

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Answer 1

You can use exec:

CREATE procedure parentSP
as 
exec('CREATE procedure childSP1 @inputArg varchar(50)
as 
--do something.')

--call child sp within parentSP
execute childSP1 '10'
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