In this test, a tall, thin tube holds a sample of your blood. The speed at which the red blood cells fall to the bottom of the tube is measured. Inflammation can cause abnormal proteins to appear in your blood. These proteins cause your red blood cells to clump together.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A user-defined function (UDF) is a function provided by the user of a program or environment, in a context where the usual assumption is that functions are built into the program or environment. 1 BASIC language.
User-defined functions combine the advantages of stored procedures with the capabilities of SQL predefined functions. They can accept parameters, perform specific calculations based on data retrieved by one or more SELECT statement, and return results directly to the calling SQL statement.