old value and new value

  I know that you can use old.column and new.column in a trigger to compare updates, but can you use the same convention in a stored proc. We are trying to write a proc that will add records to a transaction log and need to compare if the values change for each column. Any body have any ideas or suggestions on this. Reply here or to e-mail.

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