Hi,

thanks for the article, and some comments here were also useful.

(frankly I was using the derived table in some case in order make sql code a bit clearer, but I didn't know it was a called a "derived" table 😉 )

for the question or remarks about the update part, some of us still use sql 2k, so knowing that an update is impossible is important to know.

The sample in the article is simply that: a sample. It has no other value than to test the function and prove the point. (no need to propose a different way to do it :P)