Sponsored Topics. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Bridgewater, please see the article Bridgewater (CDP), Massachusetts. The Town of Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, 28 miles (43 km) south of Boston. At the 2000 Census, the population was 25,185.
User-defined functions combine the advantages of stored procedures with the capabilities of SQL predefined functions. They can accept parameters, perform specific calculations based on data retrieved by one or more SELECT statement, and return results directly to the calling SQL statement.
User-defined functions that return a table data type can be powerful alternatives to views. These functions are referred to as table-valued functions. A table-valued user-defined function can be used where table or view expressions are allowed in Transact-SQL queries.