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October 11, 2010 at 12:08 pm

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Can a function update data?
Example: Update mytable set fld = fld + 1
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Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323518 More actions · Answer 1

no, but a procedure can.

a function is not allowed to do DML operations...UPDATE/DELETE...only select, or calculations based on the select.

a procedure is allowed to update data, and of course an update statement can incude a function that might be doing some portion of a calculation.

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Shanalise Hall of Fame Points: 3188 More actions · Answer 2

read the following article to understand more about functions

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3348181/User-Defined-Functions-in-Microsoft-SQL-Server-2000.htm

Shanalise Hall of Fame Points: 3188 More actions · Answer 3

and this one one too

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186755.aspx