Creates a function in the current database that maps the rows of a table or index into partitions based on the values of a specified column. Using CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION is the first step in ...

SQL Server scalar-valued function takes one or more parameters and returns a single value. The scalar functions help you simplify your code. For example, you may have a complex calculation that ...

Function inlining in SQL Server 2019 Starting with SQL Server 2019, scalar functions written in T-SQL may be inlined. This means they will be folded into the query and no longer incur the UDF ...

If your business uses relational databases to store data, you may have used a SQL SELECT clause to create new tables from query results. This method won't work in SQL Server, but Microsoft's Trans ...