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Extending HCL OneDB™Beyond standard relational database objects, HCL OneDB™ can be extended to handle specialized data types, access methods, routines, and other objects. HCL OneDB™ includes many built-in extensions that are fully integrated in the database server. HCL OneDB™ also provides DataBlade® modules, which are packages of extended database objects for a particular purpose and that are installed separately from the database server. Alternatively, you can create your own user-defined objects for HCL OneDB™.
Creating extensionsYou can create user-defined data types, routines, access methods, and other database objects to suit your needs. You can use application programming interfaces to write user-defined routines and applications that access data in HCL OneDB™ databases.
User-Defined Routines and Data Types Developer's GuideThe HCL OneDB™ User-Defined Routines and Data Types Developer's Guide describes how to define new data types and enable user-defined routines (UDRs) to extend HCL OneDB™.
A user-defined routine
Tasks that you can perform with user-defined routines
Invoke a user-defined routine
Explicit invocation

Explicit invocation

You can use the EXECUTE PROCEDURE and EXECUTE FUNCTION statements to execute a UDR from:

A UDR
DB-Access
A client application (such as an ESQL/C application)

In addition, you can use a user-defined function in an SQL expression in the SELECT clause or WHERE clause. You cannot use a procedure in an SQL expression because a procedure does not return a value.