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<h1 class="topictitle1">Use unqualified function reference</h1>
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<div><p>You can use an unqualified function reference instead of a qualified
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function reference. In this case, DB2's search for a matching function normally
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uses the function path to qualify the reference.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>In the case of the DROP FUNCTION or COMMENT ON FUNCTION functions,
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the reference is qualified using the current authorization ID, if they are
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unqualified for *SQL naming, or *LIBL for *SYS naming. Thus, it is important
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that you know what your function path is, and what, if any, conflicting
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functions exist in the schemas of your current function path. For example,
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suppose you are PABLO and your static SQL statement is as follows, where
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COLUMN1 is data type INTEGER:</p>
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<pre> <strong>SELECT</strong> BLOOP(COLUMN1) <strong>FROM</strong> T</pre>
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<div class="section"><p>You have created the two BLOOP functions in the section Using
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qualified function reference,
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and you want and expect one of them to be chosen. If the following default
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function path is used, the first BLOOP is chosen (since COLUMN1 is INTEGER),
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if there is no conflicting BLOOP in QSYS or QSYS2:</p>
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<pre> "QSYS","QSYS2","PABLO"</pre>
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<div class="section"><p>However, suppose you have forgotten that you are using a script
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for precompiling and binding which you previously wrote for another purpose.
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In this script, you explicitly coded your SQLPATH parameter to specify the
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following function path for another reason that does not apply to your current
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work:</p>
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<pre> "KATHY","QSYS","QSYS2","PABLO"</pre>
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<div class="section"><p>If there is a BLOOP function in schema KATHY, the function selection
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can very well resolve to that function, and your statement executes without
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error. You are not notified because DB2<sup>®</sup> assumes that you know what you are
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doing. It is your responsibility to identify the incorrect output from your
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statement and make the required correction. </p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafyudfuudf.htm" title="Scalar and column UDFs can be called within an SQL statement almost everywhere that an expression is valid. Table UDFs can be called in the FROM clause of a SELECT. There are a few restrictions of UDF usage, however.">Use UDFs in SQL statements</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbafyusquref.htm" title="If you use a qualified function reference, you restrict the search for a matching function to that schema.">Use qualified function reference</a></div>
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