Built-In User-Defined Functions
SQL Server 2000 implements some system functions as built-in user-defined functions. Many of them are not documented; Query Analyzer, Enterprise Manager, Profiler, Replication, and other client applications and system processes use some of these built-in user-defined functions internally. These functions can be used almost as any other user-defined function, but SQL Server itself implements them.
You cannot change the definition of these built-in user-defined functions. In some cases, you cannot see their definition using the sp_help or sp_helptext system stored procedures, and you cannot script them. However, their definition is stored in the syscomments system table as any other user-defined function.
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