RE: function in sql

Yes, you still need to define a pragma. A frequent problem was that if your function invoked an Oracle provided PL/SQL function, you would often get a violation. The reason being that the Oracle supplied fuction was not gauranteed not to violate the pragma. Oracle 8i, I believe, introduced a new argument, "trust", which allows one to call functions that do not have restrict_reference declarations from those which do.

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ian_at_slac.stanford.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Pall [mailto:tom_at_cdproc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:36 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: function in sql

Correct, you need to define a pragma to restrict references for standalone functions.

The initialization parameter is for query rewrite, and is for function based indexes.
Two different things entirely.
----- Original Message -----
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> Hello,
> to use funktions in sql I would expect that I have to
> define a pragma restrict_reference.
>
> Some one told me that I have to set a init.ora-parameter
> to allow all functions to run in sql-statements
>
> Is this true ?
>
>
> Wolfgang Ludewig
>
>
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