Showing posts with label zipcodes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zipcodes. Show all posts

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Can a sql 2005 function return more than a variable

Hi,

I have a sql 2005 function who return a distance from 2 zipcodes. This function is called from a Stored procedure like this :

SELECT *, dbo.fn_GetDistance (...) AS Distance

In this function, i have a Latitude and i want this Latitude to be also returned.

It is possible or a function can return only one variable?

If it is possible, what's the syntax of it?

Thanks in advance

You can return a table, something like this:

SETANSI_NULLSON

GO

SETQUOTED_IDENTIFIERON

GO

CREATEFUNCTION LongLatDistance

(

-- Add the parameters for the function here

@.ZipCode1varchar(10),@.ZipCode2varchar(10)

)

RETURNS @.ResultTableTABLE(LongitudeDecimal(18,6),Latitudedecimal(18,6),Distancedecimal(18,6))

AS

BEGIN

INSERTINTO @.ResultTable (Longitude,Latitude,Distance) SELECT FieldsFROM TableName

RETURN

END

GO

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And i call it how from the stored procedure?

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SELECT Longitude,Latitude,Distance FROM dbo.LongLatDistance('90210',92630')

I wasnt clear on what exactly else you wanted to return. The sample is only returning the coords of one zip code, you would modify it obviously for your situation.