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I wrote a UDF in SQL server 2005 that looks like this:

CREATE FUNCTION InvoiceNum ()
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @inv int
SET @inv = @inv + 1
SET @inv = (SELECT InvoiceNumber FROM Sales)

IF @inv IS NULL
SET @inv = '1'
ELSE if @inv IS NOT NULL and @inv > ''
INSERT INTO Sales(InvoiceNumber
RETURN @inv
END

Which gives me this error:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure InvoiceNum, Line 16
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'RETURN'.

I would like help on that error...and after that, I'm using Visual Studio 2005...I would like to know how to call the function from within a command in MSVS. Your help will be greatly appreciated!
Dec 18 '07 #1
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I wrote a UDF in SQL server 2005 that looks like this:

CREATE FUNCTION InvoiceNum ()
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @inv int
SET @inv = @inv + 1
SET @inv = (SELECT InvoiceNumber FROM Sales)

IF @inv IS NULL
SET @inv = '1'
ELSE if @inv IS NOT NULL and @inv > ''
INSERT INTO Sales(InvoiceNumber
RETURN @inv
END

Which gives me this error:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Procedure InvoiceNum, Line 16
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'RETURN'.

I would like help on that error...and after that, I'm using Visual Studio 2005...I would like to know how to call the function from within a command in MSVS. Your help will be greatly appreciated!

You need to close the bracket.

INSERT INTO Sales(InvoiceNumber)
Dec 19 '07 #2
You need to close the bracket.

INSERT INTO Sales(InvoiceNumber)

Yea that's a mistake i did when i pasted it here....but in the actual server it has the bracket.

A question would be how to insert a value (eg. Name) into a table row block. Like: Insert Into Table (ClolumnName) Value(@ColumnName) But I want to enter it into and existing column/row to replace the value of that specific column with "Name". Let's say for that column it has "None"...I want to change it to "Name"....how do i do that?
Dec 19 '07 #3

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