At 11:22 AM 16-01-00 -0800, you wrote:

>From: "David Schnepper" <dave@...>
>
>
>I honestly can't remember if SQL has a concept like UDF's! My gut
>doubts it.
>
>SQL does have several predefined "functions" for data manipulation.
>These functions use more verbose language than the simple UDF(a,b,c
>.. ). (There are much more readable). But supporting them becomes a
>SQL parser change, and there is no generic "udf like" way of doing it.
>
>Dave

I can't see any reference to UDF's in my SQL Bible, 'Understanding the
New SQL' by Melton and Simon. They include a list of items that
either have been or will be provided in SQL3 to support the object
paradigm. "Functions written in host languages" is on this list.

Helen