October 19, 2000 04:19 PM

User-Defined Functions

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Robert Vieira
SQL Server Magazine
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Get functional with UDFs in SQL Server 2000
I first started working with SQL Server with version 6.0. Although I had first worked with SQL in a VMS environment in 1989, I had done most of my database work in a flat-file environment. I was surprised that I didn't miss the cursor-like aspects of row operations as much as the ability to easily apply functions. With SQL Server 2000, I can finally create user-defined functions (UDFs) to use not only in scripts, but also inli...

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This was a breakthrough moment in coding for me. one of those days! thanks.

dianagele 6/29/2006 12:19:10 AM

In Listing 8 a function is shown within a join. The function gets a static parameter. What if I want to input the field of another table, for example from the join? I tried using ALIAS.FIELDNAME, but I get an error on the dot. Also removing the ALIAS. doesn't help, I then get an optimizer hint error. Any idea?

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Bas

Bas Kroes 5/9/2001 3:24:54 AM

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