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Invalid use of side-effecting operator 'INSERT EXEC' within a function [closed]

I'm trying to create a scalar function that will return a delimited list from some sql that would be passed in. Unfortuantly where I work the previous people responsible for the database thought it ...
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SQL Server 2008 - How did I solve the need to check the column definitions quickly?

Another tool I developed for myself, with regards to making the creation of various DML operations easier in a large database of hundreds of tables, is a nifty user defined function to easily show ...
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How can I restore the sql_variant_property of baseType back to a table variable in SQL Server

Ok, I know the title is confusing but here it goes. BTW I am using SQL Server 2008 I have a table that I am trying to use as a storage container. It has 3 columns: reportID integer, dataLabel ...
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Create Enumerated Function Parameter Type

I want to create a function similar to DATEDIFF in MS SQL Server 2008 R2. The first parameter in DATEDIFF is a datepart. Can I use datepart as a parameter in my function? If not, how do I create a ...
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User Defined Function Return value

Hello all I have a function: ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[getContentURL] ( @VID int, @accountID int ) RETURNS VARCHAR(500) AS BEGIN DECLARE @cTable varchar(50) = ...
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How can you save all user-defined functions to txt files on your local hard drive?

I am running SQL Server 2008 and need to back up the UDF scripts/queries that I have created. How can this be done in a timely manner? I tried right clicking on the folder icon where the UDF are saved ...
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Create a Function in sql server without specifying return_data_type

I am trying to create a Scalar-valued function in SQL server, without specifying the return_data_type i want to be able to return any datatype based on a parameter sent by the function caller e.g. ...
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Faster alternative to scalar UDF with recursion?

I have a scalar function that traverses a simple parent-child hierarchy of customers to find the ancestor that's in charge of billing. Here's a simplified version of the schema. CREATE TABLE Customer ...
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Granting Execute Permissions on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views

I am using a user which has read permission only. It basically has permission to Connect Execute However, it does not have execute permissions on Functions and Stored Procedures. In part of my ...