is there better way than the call a function twice.

oh magic eight ball is there a better way than calling a ugly function twice when I need two columns returned with the same value.

I hate the call the function twice because it is very costly.

what I need to do is:
select x,y,z, ugly_function as ugly1, ugly_function ugly2 from a

when I do.... it actually gives me worse results ie. more physical reads....

select x,y,z , ugly1, ugly1 as ugly2 from ( select x,y,z, ugly_function ugly1 from a)

Is there anyway around this?

Kathy.

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