Return Statement - Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere Reference

RETURN statement

Function
Syntax
Permissions
Side effects
See also
Description
Standards and
compatibility
Example
Use this statement to exit from a function or procedure unconditionally,
optionally providing a return value.
RETURN [ expression ]
None.
None.
"CREATE FUNCTION statement" on page 445
"CREATE PROCEDURE statement" on page 453
"BEGIN statement" on page 404
A RETURN statement causes an immediate exit from a function or
procedure. If expression is supplied, the value of expression is returned as
the value of the function or procedure.
Statements following a RETURN statement are not executed.
Within a function, the expression should be of the same data type as the
function's RETURNS data type.
Within a procedure, RETURN is used for Transact-SQL-compatibility, and
is used to return an integer error code.
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Persistent stored module feature.
SQL/92
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Transact-SQL procedures use the RETURN statement to
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return an integer error code.
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The following function returns the product of three numbers:
CREATE FUNCTION product (
a numeric,
b numeric,
c numeric )
RETURNS numeric
BEGIN
RETURN ( a * b * c );
END
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Calculate the product of three numbers:
SELECT product (2, 3, 4)
product(2, 3, 4)
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