Jim C. Nasby wrote:
>I guess maybe I'm not clear on what you mean by static methods. IIRC, in
>Oracle nomenclature, static means it will retain state between
>invocations in the same session. Of course, functions and procedures
>that don't do this are also allowed.
>
>
A STATIC prefix on a method simply means that it is not tied to a
particular instance of the type where it is defined.
You have the type Foo with the method bar(). If the method is STATIC,
you can use:
SELECT Foo.bar();
If it's an INSTANCE method, you can only call it when you have an
instance available, so if FooTable is a table described by the type Foo
and bar is non-static, you could write:
SELECT x.bar() FROM FooTable x;
>I think both should allow for private functions/procedures/methods. BTW,
>I'm also very keen on the idea of nested schemas, which is another
>possible means to the package ends.
>
>
I'd like that too although I don't think it's included in the SQL-standard.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
