Differ b/w RULE & CONSTRAINT

hi,
Could anybody tell the difference between Rule & Constraint.
Thanks&Regards
Dutt wrote:
> hi,
> Could anybody tell the difference between Rule & Constraint.
> Thanks&Regards
Rules are a legacy feature that Microsoft has said they will remove
from a future version. It is recommended that you don't use rules, use
check constraints instead. The most obvious difference was that rules
could be bound to user-defined datatypes. User-defined datatypes
(pre-2005 style) are also deprecated.
David Portas, SQL Server MVP
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