Convert Hexadecimal to Integer in SQL

Below is a handy function for converting a hexadecimal value into an integer using a SQL Server user defined function.

IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.udfHex2Int') IS NOT NULL
        DROP FUNCTION dbo.udfHex2Int

GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udfHex2Int
(
  @hexstr AS varchar(1000)
)
-- Function converts VARCHAR representation of HEX to INT
-- 'FF'  --> 255

RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN

  IF @hexstr IS NULL RETURN NULL

  DECLARE
    @curbyte AS int,
    @varbin  AS varbinary(500)

  IF @hexstr LIKE '0x%' SET @hexstr = SUBSTRING(@hexstr, 3, 8000)

  SET @hexstr =
    CASE LEN(@hexstr) % 2 WHEN 1 THEN '0' ELSE '' END + @hexstr

  SET @varbin = 0x
  SET @curbyte = LEN(@hexstr) / 2

  WHILE @curbyte > 0
  BEGIN

    SET @varbin =
      CAST(
        CASE SUBSTRING(@hexstr, @curbyte * 2, 1)
          WHEN '0' THEN 0x00
          WHEN '1' THEN 0x01
          WHEN '2' THEN 0x02
          WHEN '3' THEN 0x03
          WHEN '4' THEN 0x04
          WHEN '5' THEN 0x05
          WHEN '6' THEN 0x06
          WHEN '7' THEN 0x07
          WHEN '8' THEN 0x08
          WHEN '9' THEN 0x09
          WHEN 'A' THEN 0x0A
          WHEN 'B' THEN 0x0B
          WHEN 'C' THEN 0x0C
          WHEN 'D' THEN 0x0D
          WHEN 'E' THEN 0x0E
          WHEN 'F' THEN 0x0F
        END |
        CAST(
          CASE SUBSTRING(@hexstr, @curbyte * 2 - 1, 1)
            WHEN '0' THEN 0x00
            WHEN '1' THEN 0x10
            WHEN '2' THEN 0x20
            WHEN '3' THEN 0x30
            WHEN '4' THEN 0x40
            WHEN '5' THEN 0x50
            WHEN '6' THEN 0x60
            WHEN '7' THEN 0x70
            WHEN '8' THEN 0x80
            WHEN '9' THEN 0x90
            WHEN 'A' THEN 0xA0
            WHEN 'B' THEN 0xB0
            WHEN 'C' THEN 0xC0
            WHEN 'D' THEN 0xD0
            WHEN 'E' THEN 0xE0
            WHEN 'F' THEN 0xF0
          END AS tinyint) AS binary(1))
      + @varbin
    SET @curbyte = @curbyte - 1
  END

  RETURN CAST(@varbin AS INT)

END