"AddAnnouncement" Stored Procedure

This stored procedure adds a new announcement to the database for a specific module in the portal. The input parameters include Title, Expiration Date and Description for the announcement, and the output parameter is the ItemId of the new database record.

    
    CREATE PROCEDURE AddAnnouncement
    (
        @ModuleID       int,
        @UserName       nvarchar(100),
        @Title          nvarchar(150),
        @MoreLink       nvarchar(150),
        @MobileMoreLink nvarchar(150),
        @ExpireDate     DateTime,
        @Description    nvarchar(2000),
        @ItemID         int OUTPUT
    )
    AS

    INSERT INTO Announcements
    (
        ModuleID,
        CreatedByUser,
        CreatedDate,
        Title,
        MoreLink,
        MobileMoreLink,
        ExpireDate,
        Description
    )

    VALUES
    (
        @ModuleID,
        @UserName,
        GetDate(),
        @Title,
        @MoreLink,
        @MobileMoreLink,
        @ExpireDate,
        @Description
    )

    SELECT
        @ItemID = @@Identity
        

Announcements:  Each record in the Announcements table is a single item, as displayed by the Announcements Portal Module. Since all Announcement modules store their record in this table, each item contains a ModuleID to permit related items to be retrieved in a single query.

The primary key in this table is the ItemID identity field. Note that announcement descriptions are limited to 2000 characters.