Can I create a One-Time-Use Function in a Script or Stored Procedure?

Question

In SQL Server 2005, is there a concept of a one-time-use, or local function declared inside of a SQL script or Stored Procedure? I'd like to abstract away some complexity in a script I'm writing, but it would require being able to declare a function.

Just curious.

Answer 1

You can try creating the temp stored procedures this way:

create procedure #mytemp as

begin

   select getdate() into #mytemptable;

end

in an SQL script, but not functions. You could have the proc store it results in a temp table though, then use that information later in the script.