Re: deterministic function

"Vladimir M. Zakharychev" <bob_at_dpsp-yes.com> wrote in message news:arvqm0$6i1$1_at_babylon.agtel.net...
> Afaik, this is not possible and the error message you got probably
> indicates the same.
>
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> "Daud" <daud11_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Hi
> >
> > Is it possible to declare a function as DETERMINISTIC inside a package?
> > I tried but got an error. Works fine in a standalone function.
> > I searched this newgroups but did not find the answer. Anybody knows?
> >
> > rgds
> > Daud
>

Folks,
I am not sure what you say is true.
Certainly you cannot declare a function as deterministic inside the package BODY, but you can declare the function as deterministic in the package specification module. I did it several times. :-)

I will excerpt the following paragraph from the Application Development Fundamentals manual:
"This keyword (DETERMINISTIC) may be placed on a function defined in a CREATE FUNCTION statement, in a function's declaration in a CREATE PACKAGE statement, or on a method's declaration in a CREATE TYPE statement. It should not be repeated on the function's or method's body in a CREATE PACKAGE BODY or CREATE TYPE BODY statement."

Bye,
Flavio Received on Tue Nov 26 2002 - 07:06:55 CST