Functions are predefined in SQL and you use them to perform operations on data. They let you do things like aggregating data, formatting strings, extracting dates, and so on.

Part 1 of this article introduced four new T-SQL functions available in SQL Server 2012. Part 2 has the rest.

SQL Server 2012 was released last April, making it the 11th major release of the product. Every new version has delivered new functionality that should excite developers, and this release is no ...