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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™.
Create an opaque data type
Opaque data types
Support functions
Operator functions

Operator functions

An operator function is a user-defined function, such as plus() or equal(), that has a corresponding operator symbol. For an operator function to operate on the opaque data type, you must overload the routine for the opaque data type.

For general information about the operator functions that the database server provides, see Operators and operator functions. For general information about overloading routines, refer to Routine overloading. For information about how to overload an operator function on an opaque data type, see Arithmetic and text operator functions for opaque data types.