Chapter 9. User-Defined Functions and Triggers
In this chapter, you will learn
What User-Defined Functions (UDFs) are
How UDFs can be used to simplify your application development efforts
What triggers are
How triggers can be used to transparently and consistently enforce application logic in the database
UDFs and triggers are database objects that help reduce the complexity of database application development.
On LUW, although the language syntax for SQL PL is consistent for all types of objects from an application development perspective, the language implementation to support SQL PL for stored procedures is different from that for UDFs and triggers. SQL PL support in UDFs and triggers is a subset of that in stored procedures. It is referred to as ...
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