Re: Is MS-SQL6.5 in the same league as Oracle, Sybase?

In article <01bbb811$f90c2c60$0100007f_at_SteveC.icon.co.za>, dukey_at_icon.co.za says...
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>David Upham <npis_at_ms1.hinet.net> wrote in article
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>> User-defined functions are supported by MS SQL Server.
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>I have never seen any information on this feature in SQL Server. Perhaps
>you could point me in the right direction.
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>Thanks
>Steve.
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They are called extended stored procedures in MS SQL Server. User defined functions are compiled into DLL's and then can be called in the same manner as stored procedures. MS supplies a number of them for specific uses (such as mail and executing an NT command).

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