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    Does anyone know how I make a user-defined function "deterministic" ? I've written a complex text processing function against which I would like to create a function based index. However, I just get the error "ORA-30533: The function is not deterministic" when I try to create the index. The manual helpfully tells me that the solution is to make the function deterministic, but doesn't explain how.

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    DETERMINISTIC (in terms of FBI's) means that for a given set of inputs the function will always return the same result.

    For example, TO_CHAR(date_field) always returns the same result, whereas TO_CHAR(sysdate - date_field) returns a different result depending on what day it is.

    Note: You can add the DETERMINISTIC keyword to any function. See docs for details...
    Jeff Hunter

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    You need to indicate that the function will always return the same value for any given set of input arguments.

    Here is an example for you:

    create or replace function ala_bala
    return number
    deterministic
    as
    x number;
    begin
    select 3.14 into x from dual;
    return x;
    end;
    /



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