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Who Can Alter an External Function

The ALTER EXTERNAL FUNCTION statement can be executed by:

  • Administrators

  • Owner of the external function

  • Users with the ALTER ANY FUNCTION privilege

Examples using ALTER EXTERNAL FUNCTION

Changing the entry point for an external function
ALTER EXTERNAL FUNCTION invl ENTRY_POINT 'intNvl';
Changing the module name for an external function
ALTER EXTERNAL FUNCTION invl MODULE_NAME 'fbudf2';
See also

[fblangref50-ddl-extfunc-declare], [fblangref50-ddl-extfunc-drop]

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DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION

Drops a user-defined function (UDF) from the current database

Available in

DSQL, ESQL

Syntax
DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION funcname
Table 1. DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION Statement Parameter
Parameter Description

funcname

Function name in the database

The DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION statement deletes the declaration of a user-defined function from the database.If there are any dependencies on the external function, the statement will fail and raise an error.

Any user connected to the database can delete the declaration of an internal function.

Who Can Drop an External Function

The DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION statement can be executed by:

  • Administrators

  • Owner of the external function

  • Users with the DROP ANY FUNCTION privilege

Example using DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION

Deleting the declaration of the addDay function.
DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION addDay;
See also

[fblangref50-ddl-extfunc-declare]