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sushma patle
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15 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-24 : 07:58:36

what is the error near as
---->

create function listname()
AS
BEGIN

Declare @authorname varchar(1000)

SET @authorname= ''
SELECT @authorname = @authorname + AuthorName + ',' FROM Author

END

can we cant create a function which don't return any value.

spatle

TG
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

6065 Posts

Posted - 2008-05-24 : 08:41:53

>>can we cant create a function which don't return any value.
what purpose would a function serve that doesn't return anything?

As you probably guessed the error is that you don't have a RETURNS clause nor a RETURN statement.

EDIT:


create function dbo.listname() 
returns varchar(1000)
AS 
BEGIN

Declare @authorname varchar(1000)

SELECT @authorname = coalesce(@authorname + ',' + AuthorName, AuthorName)
FROM Author

return @authorname
END
go

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TG

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