How Many Categories of Functions based Their Return Modes?

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SQL Server supports 2 categories of user defined functions based on their return modes:

1. Scalar-valued Functions - A function that returns a single value. Scalar-valued functions can be used in scalar expressions. Below are some scalar-valued functions:

PRINT GETDATE();
GO
May 19 2007 1:26PM

PRINT 'URL reversed: '+REVERSE('globalguideline.com');
GO
URL reversed: moc.enilediuglabolg

2. Table-valued Functions - A function that returns data in rows and columns like a table. Table-valued functions can be used in table expressions like the FROM clause of SELECT statements Below are some scalar-valued functions:

SELECT * FROM fn_helpcollations() WHERE name LIKE 'French_CI%'
GO
name
-------------------
French_CI_AI
French_CI_AI_WS
French_CI_AI_KS
French_CI_AI_KS_WS
French_CI_AS
French_CI_AS_WS
French_CI_AS_KS
French_CI_AS_KS_WS
(8 row(s) affected)
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SELECT i.index_id, i.name, s.avg_fragmentation_in_percent
FROM sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats (
DB_ID(N'GlobalGuideLineDatabase'),
OBJECT_ID(N'ggl_links_indexed'),
DEFAULT, DEFAULT, DEFAULT) s, sys.indexes i
WHERE s.object_id = i.object_id
AND s.index_id = i.index_id;
GO
index_id name avg_fragmentation_in_percent
0 NULL 0.574712643678161
2 ggl_links_url 0
3 ggl_links_counts 0
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