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Store a formula in a table and use the formula in a function

I have a PostgreSQL 9.1 database where part of it handles agent commissions. Each agent has his/her own formula of calculation how much commission they get. I have a function to generate the amount of ...
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looping through a table type variable

I have a function that has one parameter of a table type, i want to loop through all the fields and return the column that has a null or empty value. CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ...
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Support both stored procedures and functions with same TSQL code base?

We have a need for both Microsoft SQL Server 2008 functions (ITVFs) and stored procedures to provide the same interface and functionality to end-user reporting frontends. Given the following ...
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How can I restore the sql_variant_property of baseType back to a table variable in SQL Server

Ok, I know the title is confusing but here it goes. BTW I am using SQL Server 2008 I have a table that I am trying to use as a storage container. It has 3 columns: reportID integer, dataLabel ...
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MySQL - Create a function from another function

I want to create a function same like my old functions. When I create a table, I can use `AS to other table as follows: CREATE TABLE dummy2 AS SELECT * FROM dummy1; Can I do the same thing with ...
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Error on Oracle calling external procedures

I have a C library which should be called from a pl/sql function so I make a .so library and after that I create a pl/sql function to call it. the C source(libcprog.c) is like this: int exec_hmmftg ...
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Function/procedure to use dblink to fetch remote data and insert to multiple local tables

Am trying to fetch data from remote db and insert into three local tables. Currently I have a query which is successfully getting the data into one table. But now I was thinking of creating a ...
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Is commit necessary after DML operation in Function/Procedure?

I wonder to know if it is necessary to write commit after insert/delete/update in function/procedure? Example: create or replace function test_fun return number is begin delete from a; return ...
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Granting Execute Permissions on Stored Procedures, Functions and Views

I am using a user which has read permission only. It basically has permission to Connect Execute However, it does not have execute permissions on Functions and Stored Procedures. In part of my ...
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Grouping a comma separated value on common data [closed]

I have a table with col1 id int, col2 as varchar(comma seperated value) and column 3 for assigning group to them. Table looks like col1 col2 group .............................. ...
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What's the difference between functions and stored procedures? [closed]

I heard that the difference between functions and stored procedures in SQL Server is that functions are not stored in the database while stored procedures are. Is that true? If not, what are the ...
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stored procedure returns ERROR 1305 (42000): FUNCTION does not exist

I have a stored procedure and function as below CREATE PROCEDURE ProcName() begin .... DECLARE curs CURSOR FOR select A.PList, B.nid from persons A inner join articles B on A.aid=B.id; .... ...