Calling a function v16

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You can use a function anywhere an expression can appear in an SPL statement. Invoke a function by specifying its name followed by any parameters enclosed in parentheses.

<name> [ ([ <parameters> ]) ]

name is the name of the function.

parameters is a list of parameters.

Note

If there are no parameters to pass, you can call the function with an empty parameter list, or you can omit the parentheses.

This example shows how to call the function from another SPL program:

BEGIN
    DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(simple_function);
END;

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You typically use a function in a SQL statement, as this example shows:

SELECT empno "EMPNO", ename "ENAME", sal "SAL", comm "COMM",
    emp_comp(sal, comm) "YEARLY COMPENSATION" FROM emp;
Output
 EMPNO | ENAME  |   SAL   |  COMM   | YEARLY COMPENSATION
-------+--------+---------+---------+---------------------
  7369 | SMITH  |  800.00 |         |            19200.00
  7499 | ALLEN  | 1600.00 |  300.00 |            45600.00
  7521 | WARD   | 1250.00 |  500.00 |            42000.00
  7566 | JONES  | 2975.00 |         |            71400.00
  7654 | MARTIN | 1250.00 | 1400.00 |            63600.00
  7698 | BLAKE  | 2850.00 |         |            68400.00
  7782 | CLARK  | 2450.00 |         |            58800.00
  7788 | SCOTT  | 3000.00 |         |            72000.00
  7839 | KING   | 5000.00 |         |           120000.00
  7844 | TURNER | 1500.00 |    0.00 |            36000.00
  7876 | ADAMS  | 1100.00 |         |            26400.00
  7900 | JAMES  |  950.00 |         |            22800.00
  7902 | FORD   | 3000.00 |         |            72000.00
  7934 | MILLER | 1300.00 |         |            31200.00
(14 rows)
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