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What happens if use SYSUTCDATETIME() in a view? Will the view work correctly? When will it execute the SYSUTCDATETIME function?

For instance I ve created a view from the following select

SELECT * FROM dbo.contracts
WHERE (contract_start < SYSUTCDATETIME()) AND (contract_end > SYSUTCDATETIME())
Nuri Tasdemir
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It (SYSUTCDATETIME()) will return the value (as any other function) at the time of execution of the view.

Execute this query several time and see for yourself

SELECT *, SYSUTCDATETIME() sysutcdatetime FROM contracts
WHERE (contract_start < SYSUTCDATETIME()) AND (contract_end > SYSUTCDATETIME());

SQLFiddle

peterm
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