From: "Nick Butcher" <nickb@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Database Function Out Parameters Incorrect?
Date: 1997/01/01
Message-ID: <01bbf7e6$55b27c80$63f20082@otis>#1/1
references: <32C2E8CA.4FB1@ebmud.com>
organization: BT Internet
newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.tools



A function should not return a value via a parameter but via its RETURN
statement (I'm a bit of a purist here). You should be using a stored
procedure to do what I think you're trying to do.