Below script will help to drop the scalar function present in SQL Server 2005 if exist.<\/p>\n
It is always good\u00a0practice\u00a0to write the drop statement before creating any stored procedure or the database function. 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\nLets say the function name is fn_GetFirstDayOfWeek<\/strong><\/p>\n\nIF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[fn_GetFirstDayOfWeek]')\nAND type in (N'FN', N'IF',N'TF', N'FS', N'FT'))\nDROP FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_GetFirstDayOfWeek]\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"