Depends if the stored PL/SQL is defined with PRAGMA UDF or not. http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/12c/with-clause-enhancements-12cr1.php#pragma-udf Cheers Tim... On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:28 PM, McPeak, Matt <vxsmimmcp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. I’m a bit lazy on this one – looked for 15 minutes and didn’t find > anything and it’s sort of just a passing question in my mind anyway. But I > thought I’d throw it out to the group… > > > > So, 12c has a new feature that allows you to declare PL/SQL functions > in-line in SQL with a “WITH” clause. In addition to not requiring > privileges to create packages, these PL/SQL functions are executed without a > context switch from SQL to PL/SQL, and so are perform better than calls to > stored PL/SQL. (Stop me right there if any of that’s not correct) > > > > My question is: if an in-line PL/SQL function calls a stored PL/SQL > function, does it all still execute without a context switch? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > > Matt > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l