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Sometimes you become the accidental DBA, or you are the DBA by choice. Either way, you can choose to spend time working in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to look at things such as backups or the ...

What Is The Function In Sql? Objects in SQL Server are called functions. SQL functions are essentially SQL statements that accept only input parameters, perform actions, and then return the result.

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