Generally you should use stored procedures when it will reduce the number of round trips to the database. Wrapping simple SELECT statements in a stored proc just adds friction for updating the application especially as the number of developers grows.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2025, 8:04 AM Simon Connah <simon@connah.dev> wrote:
Hi,
I'm pretty new to PostgreSQL and am building a simple website with it.
My main question is whether I should use stored procedures / functions or whether I should embed raw SQL queries in my backend? I understand that procedures are faster as it cuts down on the round trip speed and the database can optimise it better.
On the other hand raw SQL is much easier to manage as you just change the query in your bankend code without having to apply changes to the database at deployment time of your backend.
What is considered the best approach? My backend is written in Go if that makes a difference.
If you need any additional information then please let me know.
