RE: Best way to execute a function

Well, a function is supposed to return a value, so you would have to:

Declare

Variable <type>;

Begin

Variable := function(a,b,...);

End;  

I would wrap it in a package for security.  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Rumpi Gravenstein Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:49 PM
To: sbecker6925_at_gmail.com
Cc: oracle-l
Subject: Re: Best way to execute a function  

Sandy,

What's wrong with putting the function in a PL/SQL block? If the function is closely associated with a query I could see it being called as part of that query.

On 6/8/07, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925_at_gmail.com> wrote:

RHEL 4.0, Oracle 9.2.0.8, Java.  

A developer just asked me the best way to execute a function. I can't say that I've ever seen it outside of a procedure and haven't found any information on another way to do it during my search this morning. He said he tried using a call statement, but couldn't get it to return any results. He is currently using the following statement:  

select pwrfunc.oragen_at_customersite(RPAD
<mailto:pwrfunc.oragen_at_customersite%28RPAD> (?, 25)||RPAD(?, 25)||RPAD(?, 30)|| RPAD(?, 60)) from dual;  

Any suggestions?  

Sandy

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