Lester,

> > While I am at it, I was wondering if it would be possible to pass
> > connection and transaction handles to a UDF, opening up whole new
> > worlds, and if this is something recommendable anyway. Perhaps this is
> > not the right list to ask...
>
> Not very practical in a Client/Server world.

Why?

> Which machine are you expecting the UDF to run on.

the server, like everything else ;-) The goal would be to be able to
write a UDF that can work similarly to an internal function (with all
the limitations implied).
Ciao
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