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<h1 class="topictitle1">Example: Counting </h1>
<div><p>Your simple counting function returns a <samp class="codeph">1</samp> the
first time and increments the result by one each time it is called. This function
takes no SQL arguments, and by definition it is a NOT DETERMINISTIC function
since its answer varies from call to call.</p>
<div class="section"><p>It uses the SCRATCHPAD to save the last value returned. Each time
it is called, the function increments this value and returns it.</p>
<pre> <strong>CREATE FUNCTION</strong> COUNTER ()
<strong>RETURNS INT</strong>
<strong>EXTERNAL NAME</strong> 'MYLIB/MYFUNCS(CTR)'
<strong> LANGUAGE C
PARAMETER STYLE DB2SQL
NO SQL
NOT DETERMINISTIC
NOT FENCED
SCRATCHPAD 4
DISALLOW PARALLEL</strong></pre>
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<div class="section"><p>Note that no parameter definitions are provided, just empty parentheses.
The above function specifies SCRATCHPAD and uses the default specification
of NO FINAL CALL. In this case, the size of the scratchpad is set to only
4 bytes, which is sufficient for a counter. Since the COUNTER function requires
that a single scratchpad be used to operate properly, DISALLOW PARALLEL is
added to prevent DB2<sup>®</sup> from operating it in parallel.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafyudfdudf.htm" title="A UDF must be registered in the database before the function can be recognized and used by SQL.">Register UDFs</a></div>
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