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definitions that identify the associated type) that the "association" between type
and method comes into existence.
The second way, and place, in which methods are defined is independent of
the structured type definition, although the end result must be that the method
resides in the same schema as its associated type. This second way is the actual
method declaration, including its
implementation--either
the SQL code compris-
ing the method or the appropriate identification (e.g., filespec or URL) of some
code written in a different programming language. ...