Execute SQL Server stored procedures from ArcGIS 10.1

Hi all,

I would like to know if it is possible to execute an already-defined stored procedure (in SQL Server) from ArcGIS 10.1 and use its output data as an input for my maps.

For example, the stored procedure receives some input parameters (date, status, type) and returns back a table with two columns, the first one with a polygon ID and the second is an integer that represents the number of points in the polygon matching the input parameters. So i would like to associate to my map, that column with the number of occurrences.

Is this possible? If so, how this would be done?

Please, could you provide some guidelines or link to a tutorial?

Thanks! :)