It should be noted that the function called HASHBYTES is missing from the list deterministic functions.To prove that my statement is correct, try this on the AdventureWorksDW database:ALTER TABLE dbo.dimemployeeADD hashval AS HASHBYTES('SHA1', LastName + '|' + FirstName) PERSISTEDSELECT COLUMNPROPERTY(OBJECT_ID('dbo.dimemployee'), 'hashval', 'IsDeterministic')You'll see that the SELECT statement returns 1. (Also, the ALTER TABLE statement would have failed if the column definition would be non-
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