> > UDFs could be defined in the configuration files.

I like this idea, being able to specify udf in a global config would have
huge advantages, obviously the implementation would be more difficult :-)

>
> it would make
> it a lot easier to add functions that can be used by multiple
> databases on the same server.

And restrict access to functions that you didn't want users to have on a
production server, which I see as important.

Rgds

Si Carter
TECT Software Ltd
http://www.tectsoft.net/