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Re: Bad Function

From: Andy Hassall <andy_at_andyh.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:08:25 +0000
Message-ID: <h11731hh5r3cn894mldmf3q3b7fhocdb9b@4ax.com>


On 12 Mar 2005 16:04:29 -0800, "mike" <hillmw_at_charter.net> wrote:

>Can figure out why this function is bad.

 Then why post..?

>create or replace function get_desc ( field number )
>return varchar2 as
> my_desc varchar2(50);
>begin
> select struct_desc from li_struct_def where struct_def_id=field;

 You do a select - but what are you selecting into?

> return my_desc;
>end get_desc;

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