[!INCLUDE SQL Server SQL Database] Like functions in programming languages, [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] user-defined functions are routines that accept parameters, perform an action, such as a complex ...

[!INCLUDE SQL Server] User-defined functions are routines that can take parameters, perform calculations or other actions, and return a result. Beginning with [!INCLUDEssVersion2005], you can write ...

Abstract: There is increasing demand to integrate big data analytic systems using SQL. Given the vast ecosystem of SQL applications, enabling SQL capabilities allows big data platforms to expose their ...

Abstract: With the continuous evolution of database technology, numerous databases and query analysis engines have begun to incorporate user-defined functions into SQL. These functions enable users to ...