UDF as Computed Column Part 2
Dinesh is back with another article on user defined functions, giving some more great examples. If you haven't read the first one, definitely go back and read it first.
2003-07-14
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User Defined Function (UDF)
UDF as Computed Column
UDF's are useful if somewhat tricky. Dinesh uses a common scenario where you have a self referencing table (the common example is an employees table where each employee has a managerid that links to another employee in the same table) to illustrate how a UDF can make querying easier, how to use it as the basis of a computed column, and how to index that column.
2003-06-18
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Some Useful UDFs for SQL Server 2000
Alxander Chigrik presents some useful User Defined Functions you can add to your SQL Server.
2001-12-19
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A Few Meta Data UDFs
Alexander Chigrik presents a few UDFs he has developed for getting meta data about your database objects.
2001-10-17
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SQL 2000 User Defined Function Primer
Many programming languages have supported User Defined Functions for years, but they are new to SQL Server 2000. In this article we will look at some of the ways functions can be used within SQL Server 2000.
2004-10-22 (first published: 2001-05-02)
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