Well, a function is supposed to return a value, so you would have to: Declare Variable <type>; Begin Variable := function(a,b,...); End; I would wrap it in a package for security. ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rumpi Gravenstein Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 2:49 PM To: sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: Best way to execute a function Sandy, What's wrong with putting the function in a PL/SQL block? If the function is closely associated with a query I could see it being called as part of that query. On 6/8/07, Sandra Becker <sbecker6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: RHEL 4.0, Oracle 9.2.0.8, Java. A developer just asked me the best way to execute a function. I can't say that I've ever seen it outside of a procedure and haven't found any information on another way to do it during my search this morning. He said he tried using a call statement, but couldn't get it to return any results. He is currently using the following statement: select pwrfunc.oragen@customersite(RPAD <mailto:pwrfunc.oragen@customersite%28RPAD> (?, 25)||RPAD(?, 25)||RPAD(?, 30)|| RPAD(?, 60)) from dual; Any suggestions? Sandy -- Rumpi Gravenstein