Function-based indexes in SQL Server

Question

I\'m trying to understand if function based indexes similar to the one\'s in Oracle or PostgreSQL exist in SQL Server

In PostgreSQL, I can create a function based in

Answer 1

I researched a bit further based on Damien's comment and found an answer that comes very close to matching Oracle's/PostgreSQL's function based indexes.

I have a table named PARCELS where I created a new column COMPUTEDPARCELS by using the alter statement as given below:

ALTER TABLE [PARCELS] ADD COMPUTEDPARCELS AS CONVERT(CHAR(8), [MAPNO], 112);

And then create an index on the computed column:

CREATE INDEX function_index ON [PARCELS](COMPUTEDPARCELS);

Of course the example is pretty simple but behaves just like a function based index.