An example of a non-deterministic function would be one that reads the current time or fetches data from a table. A deterministic function is guaranteed to always return the same value for a given ...

To use table-valued parameters you first need, in SQL Server Manager, to define a table type to your database. This example defines a table type called JobSpecifications with two columns called ...

SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures and functions. The table parameter feature can greatly ease the development process because you no longer ...