Can I create a One-Time-Use Function in a Script or Stored Procedure?

Question

In SQL Server 2005, is there a concept of a one-time-use, or local function declared inside of a SQL script or Stored Procedure? I\'d like to abstract away some complexity i

Answer 1

You can create temp stored procedures like:

create procedure #mytemp as
begin
   select getdate() into #mytemptable;
end

in an SQL script, but not functions. You could have the proc store it's result in a temp table though, then use that information later in the script ..