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2>
3>
4> CREATE TABLE titles(
5>    title_id       varchar(20),
6>    title          varchar(80)       NOT NULL,
7>    type           char(12)          NOT NULL,
8>    pub_id         char(4)               NULL,
9>    price          money                 NULL,
10>    advance        money                 NULL,
11>    royalty        int                   NULL,
12>    ytd_sales      int                   NULL,
13>    notes          varchar(200)          NULL,
14>    pubdate        datetime          NOT NULL
15> )
16> GO
1>
2> insert titles values ('1', 'Secrets',   'popular_comp', '1389', $20.00, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 1','06/12/94')
3> insert titles values ('2', 'The',       'business',     '1389', $19.99, $5000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 2','06/12/91')
4> insert titles values ('3', 'Emotional', 'psychology',   '0736', $7.99,  $4000.00, 10, 3336,'Note 3','06/12/91')
5> insert titles values ('4', 'Prolonged', 'psychology',   '0736', $19.99, $2000.00, 10, 4072,'Note 4','06/12/91')
6> insert titles values ('5', 'With',      'business',     '1389', $11.95, $5000.00, 10, 3876,'Note 5','06/09/91')
7> insert titles values ('6', 'Valley',    'mod_cook',     '0877', $19.99, $0.00,    12, 2032,'Note 6','06/09/91')
8> insert titles values ('7', 'Any?',      'trad_cook',    '0877', $14.99, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 7','06/12/91')
9> insert titles values ('8', 'Fifty',     'trad_cook',    '0877', $11.95, $4000.00, 14, 1509,'Note 8','06/12/91')
10> GO

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1>
2> CREATE TABLE sales(
3>    stor_id        char(4)           NOT NULL,
4>    ord_num        varchar(20)       NOT NULL,
5>    ord_date       datetime          NOT NULL,
6>    qty            smallint          NOT NULL,
7>    payterms       varchar(12)       NOT NULL,
8>    title_id       varchar(80)
9> )
10> GO
1> insert sales values('1', 'QA7442.3', '09/03/94', 75, 'ON Billing','1')
2> insert sales values('2', 'D4482',    '09/04/94', 10, 'Net 60',    '1')
3> insert sales values('3', 'N914008',  '09/04/94', 20, 'Net 30',    '2')
4> insert sales values('4', 'N914014',  '09/04/94', 25, 'Net 30',    '3')
5> insert sales values('5', '423LL922', '09/04/94', 15, 'ON Billing','3')
6> insert sales values('6', '423LL930', '09/04/94', 10, 'ON Billing','2')
7> GO

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1>
2>
3> Create FUNCTION SalesByStore(@storid varchar(30))
4> RETURNS TABLE
5> AS
6> RETURN (SELECT title, qty
7>         FROM dbo.sales s, dbo.titles t
8>         WHERE s.stor_id = @storid AND t.title_id = s.title_id)
9> GO
1>
2>
3> ALTER FUNCTION SalesByStore(@storid varchar(30))
4> RETURNS TABLE
5> WITH SCHEMABINDING
6> AS
7> RETURN (SELECT title, qty
8>         FROM dbo.sales s, dbo.titles t
9>         WHERE s.stor_id = @storid AND t.title_id = s.title_id)
10> GO
1>
2>
3> SELECT obj_name = SUBSTRING(OBJECT_NAME(d.id), 1, 20),
4>        dep_obj  = SUBSTRING(OBJECT_NAME(d.depid), 1, 20),
5>        col_name = SUBSTRING(name, 1, 15),
6>        IsSchemaBound = CASE deptype
7>            WHEN 1 THEN 'Schema Bound'
8>            ELSE 'Free'
9>        END
10> FROM
11>     sysdepends d
12>     JOIN syscolumns c ON d.depid = c.id
13>     AND d.depnumber = c.colid
14> WHERE object_name(d.id) LIKE 'SalesByStore%'
15> GO
obj_name             dep_obj              col_name        IsSchemaBound
-------------------- -------------------- --------------- -------------
SalesByStore         titles               title_id        Schema Bound
SalesByStore         titles               title           Schema Bound
SalesByStore         sales                stor_id         Schema Bound
SalesByStore         sales                qty             Schema Bound
SalesByStore         sales                title_id        Schema Bound

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1>
2> drop FUNCTION SalesByStore;
3> GO
1> drop table sales;
2> drop table titles;
3> GO
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20.22.Return
20.22.1.RETURN is used to exit the current Transact-SQL batch, query, or stored procedure immediately.
20.22.2.RETURN also allows for an optional integer expression:
20.22.3.How to Use RETURN
20.22.4.Return statement
20.22.5.Return a table from a function
20.22.6.RETURNS a TABLE with structure
20.22.7.Assign returned value from a function to a declared variable