SQL Server - where is “sys.functions”?

Question

SQL Server 2005 has great sys.XXX views on the system catalog which I use frequently.

What stumbles me is this: why is there a sys.procedures

Answer 1

For a fuller description of scalar functions including owner and return type:

SELECT f.name, s.name AS owner, t.name as dataType, p.max_length, p.precision, p.scale, m.definition
FROM sys.objects f
JOIN sys.schemas s on s.schema_id = f.schema_id
JOIN sys.parameters p on p.object_id = f.object_id AND p.parameter_id = 0
JOIN sys.types t ON t.system_type_id = p.system_type_id 
JOIN sys.sql_modules as m ON m.object_id = f.object_id
WHERE type='FN';