Re: user defined column functions?

From: Kieran <kieran_at_dunelm.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 22:32:13 +0100
Message-ID: <3CC5D2DD.9A89799C_at_dunelm.org.uk>


Lennart Jonsson wrote:
>
> Are there any discussions, plans, etc. for userdefined column functions in future
> SQL versions (or do they already exist somewhere and I'm not looking hard
> enough)? I'm thinking of the possability to define functions like product,
> char_concat, etc. Any thoughts?
>

It would seem like a sensible addition to the standard. Informix and PostgreSQL have a CREATE AGGREGRATE command to do this.

Regards,
Kieran Elby Received on Tue Apr 23 2002 - 23:32:13 CEST

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