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Re: Possible to overload an Oracle Function?

From: Ron Reidy <rereidy_at_indra.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:40:04 -0600
Message-ID: <3BD59D64.A7362FF@indra.com>


Steven Pannell wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to overload an Oracle function with
> my own user defined function of the same name. i.e. can I overload the
> Oracle convert function with my own convert function?
>
> At the moment Oracle always calls it's own convert function and not mine.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Regards,
> Steve.

This is not overloading in the true meaning of the phrase. This is more of an ownership issue. You need to read the Oracle PL/SQL docs. to understand how this works.

-- 
Ron Reidy
Oracle DBA
Reidy Consulting, L.L.C.
Received on Tue Oct 23 2001 - 11:40:04 CDT

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