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TSQ Theory: Why would I use a table valued function instead of a view?

Welcome to another exciting installment of “<STRIKE>Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy<BR><BR></STRIKE> <BR>T-SQL Theory questions that only Maxer seems to care about ...
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table-functions.md

GoogleSQL supports table-valued functions (TVFs). A TVF returns an entire output table instead of a single scalar value, and appears in the FROM clause like a table subquery. CREATE ... TABLE FUNCTION ...