SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures and functions. The table parameter feature can greatly ease the development process because you no longer need ...

A table-valued function returns a single rowset (unlike stored procedures, which can return multiple result shapes). Because the return type of a table-valued function is `Table`, you can use a ...

Differences Between Transact-SQL and CLR Table-Valued Functions [!INCLUDE tsql] table-valued functions materialize the results of calling the function into an intermediate table. Since they use an ...