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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