Consider the following Sales functions and the corresponding specific name as specified in the SPECIFIC clause of the CREATE FUNCTION statement.
| Function Name and Parameters | Specific Name |
|---|---|
| Sales(Quantity INTEGER, Profit INTEGER) | S1 |
| Sales(Quantity INTEGER, Profit FLOAT) | S2 |
| Sales(Quantity FLOAT, ProfiQuantityt INTEGER) | S3 |
| Sales(Quantity FLOAT, Profit FLOAT) | S4 |
The following table identifies which function Vantage invokes when none of the functions have parameter types that are identical to the corresponding argument types of the function call.
| IF the data type of the first argument is … | AND the data type of the second argument is … | THEN Vantage invokes the function with the specific name … |
|---|---|---|
| BYTEINT | INTEGER | S1. After testing the first argument, S1 and S2 remain on the list. After testing the second argument, S1 is left. |
| DECIMAL | SMALLINT | S3. After testing the first argument, S3 and S4 remain on the list. After testing the second argument, S3 remains on the list. The DECIMAL is converted to a FLOAT and the SMALLINT is converted to an INTEGER before the UDF is called.
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