Function Name Overloading | SQL External Routine Programming | Teradata Vantage - Function Name Overloading - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL External Routine Programming

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2023-07-11
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UDFs support function name overloading: you can define several functions that have the same name but are different from each other in such a way to make each function unique.

The name that is overloaded is specified in the CREATE FUNCTION statement as the name to use to invoke the UDF from an SQL statement. You must provide a unique C or C++ function for each UDF with the same name.

You can also overload functions of different classes (scalar, aggregate, and table). That is, a scalar function can have the same name as an aggregate function within the same database as long as the two functions are unique.