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Level 16 Errors Can’t always be handled by User Code

Aug 13, 2014

Although books-OnLine says that user code can handle errors with Level 16 and below, they sometimes end the connection.

Retrieving a Random Record in SQL Server using udf_Num_RanInt

Aug 1, 2014

This UDFs week solves a problem posed to me last week by a friend Gary. Gary wants to select a random row from one of his tables and was hoping that SQL Server would have some support for this task. The idea of selecting a random row runs counter to the ideas that…

The Problem with User-Defined Functions (UDF) and a Solution

May 22, 2014

Download the sample script: Problem-Scalar-UDF-and-solution-andy-novick and a PDF of the slides: The Problem with scalar UDFs and a solution – Andy Novick Or watch the video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAdFQm7Pt-w User-Defined functions (UDF)…

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Level 16 Errors Can’t always be handled by User Code

Retrieving a Random Record in SQL Server using udf_Num_RanInt

The Problem with User-Defined Functions (UDF) and a Solution

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