The solution for your problem is :

CREATE TABLE Description_Sales
(
Sales_Id VARCHAR(3),
[Description] VARCHAR(15)
)

INSERT INTO Sales VALUES (1,’Good’);
INSERT INTO Sales (1,’Very Good’);
INSERT INTO Sales (1,’Bad’);
INSERT INTO Sales (2,’Not Good’);
INSERT INTO Sales (1,’Not Working’);
INSERT INTO Sales (2,’Working’);
INSERT INTO Sales (1,’Defective’)

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.allDescr(@id varchar(3))
RETURNS VARCHAR(max)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @descricoes VARCHAR(max)
SELECT @descricoes = coalesce(@descricoes+’, ‘,”) + Description FROM Description_Sales WHERE Sales_Id = @Id
RETURN @descricoes
END
GO

select distinct sales_id, dbo.allDescr(sales_id) as Description from Description_Sales order by sales_id

Why Can’t we use order by clause in view

Please clarify, what is behind the scene..
It is working in sql server 2005

create function tt1() returns datetime
begin
Declare @s datetime
select @s=getdate()
return @s
end

select dbo.tt1()

I think functions like getdate() can be used in UDFs of SQL Server 2008. Could you please clarify if any other changes to your above mentioned article with respect to UDFs in SQL Server 2008

Thanks,
Manesh Joseph

No, we can’t use DML in UDF. We can not perform any activity in UDF that makes any change effect on data.

Regards,
Pinal Dave

Hi,

I think the above statement is incorrect – I’ve written plenty of UDFs that return XML and use FOR XML.

Thanks,
Richard

Dynamic SQL cannot be used in Function Period.

CLR can have dynamic SQL, but it is not suggested to have dynamic SQL in functions.

@EC

Please help us to help you, Please give more information, Information you provided is not clear.

Using Dynamic SQL Anything can be done.

~ IM.

Same problem with AG, let say i have n tables that has identical structure which table name let say tableA, tableB, tableC … next to n. I wanna create an SP that can combine and join between those table(s), and since i can’t use a dynamic T-SQL query to implement this problem any one know what should i do??

Thanks for all comments
EC

Thanks,
AG

Thanks
MJ

One of our freind a very good and compact code which applied to your case as well, Please check it out here…

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/07/16/sql-server-readers-contribution-to-site-simple-example-of-cursor/

Read the comment for this post, thats your solution.

Hope this helps.
Imran.

Eg..

Sale Id Description
oo1 Good
001 Very Good
001 Bad
002 Not good
001 Not Working
002 Working
001 Defective

Display must be in the form

001 Good, Very Good, Bad, Defective
002 Not Good, Working

Is there any workaround so that I can create temporary UDFs inside a stored procedure ? similar to a temp stored procedure inside another stored procedure…

create function dbo.func_getdate()
returns nvarchar(50)
with execute as caller
as
begin
declare @str nvarchar(50)
set @str = N’now is: ‘ + convert(nvarchar(30), getdate(), 121)
return @str
end
go

select dbo.func_getdate()
go

I create and use it in 2008, I am not sure whether it can work in 2005, 2000,…

CREATE VIEW view_month AS
SELECT month(getdate()) as current_month

Then inside the function simply do

select @month = current_month from view_month

and return @month

This is cheating but it works great

I want to transfer all the tables format, stored procedures, user defined functions etc. created in the current database to newly created database.

I am creating new year database using sql dmo method.
I am creating stored procedures in current year using execute method as follows :

I created a stored procedure in model database which contains code to create all the necessary tables for my application.

Now I want dynamically, using vb code,
copy or create user defined functions and stored procedure from my current database to newly created database.

how it is possible ????????????

You said SP’s can accept 21000 parameters But i think this is not 21000 its 2100 for refrence please read the following article by microsoft,
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187926.aspx

Thank you!

I want to run dbcc inputbuffer in udf and only return the event info column result.

I will be using it in select query, can u help

I hav searched your article to find a solution for my problem.
I want to create an user defined function which returns the current month …the problem behind this is we cant use getdate() as you said earlier.

Can any one give a solution….