| From 5WD-02-Foundation-2002-12 |
| 4.27 SQL-invoked routines |
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| An SQL-invoked routine is either deterministic or possibly non-deterministic. An SQL-invoked function that |
| is deterministic always returns the identical return value for a given list of SQL argument values. An SQLinvoked |
| procedure that is deterministic always returns the identical values in its output and inout SQL parameters |
| for a given list of SQL argument values. An SQL-invoked routine is possibly non-deterministic if it might |
| produce nonidentical results when invoked with the identical list of SQL argument values. |
