T-SQL User-Defined Functions: the good, the bad, and the ugly (part 1)

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Published on Sun, 20 May 2012 14:08:00 GMT Indexed on 2012/06/05 16:45 UTC
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So you thought that encapsulating code in user-defined functions for easy reuse is a good idea? Think again! SQL Server supports three types of user-defined functions. Only one of them qualifies as good. The other two – well, the title says it all, doesn’t it? The bad: scalar functions A scalar user-defined function (UDF) is very much like a stored procedure, except that it always returns a single value of a predefined data type – and because of that property, it isn’t invoked with an EXECUTE statement,...(read more)

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